Walton-backed group will promote charter schools, school choice
The Walton family, of Walmart fame and fortune, is just one of several donors behind Education Post, a foundation that aims to promote charter schools and other school choice options as a way to improve K-12 education in the U.S. Other groups associated with the foundation are Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Peter Cunningham, the former member of the Obama administration.
Cunningham says that the group is different from others that promote school choice because its main goal is to cut through the politics that are involved and just get down to brass tacks when it comes to education reform. He cites common school misconceptions, like people believing that charter schools charge tuition, as items at the top of the group’s agenda.
