Eli Broad

Type: Person

Name: Eli Broad

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Peter Dreier: How Can Wal-Mart REALLY Help Improve Our Schools?

Last month, the Walton Family Foundation, led by heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune, announced an $8 million grant to StudentsFirst, headed by Michelle Rhee, the ousted chancellor of the Washington, D.C. school system. This grant came on top of the $3 million ... [Published Huffington Post - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Sam Walton, Education, Michelle Rhee, Los Angeles

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Claremont Graduate University

Just shaking my head, trying to make sense of it all

I keep writing about bad news on the public school privatization front, so I thought I’d give you some good news. First, a genuinely funny story out of Michigan, where the public school system has (apparently!) been completely deregulated and is now ... [Published Balloon Juice - May 24 2013]

Entities: Christian College, Education, Claremont Graduate University, Young Republicans, Eli Broad

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Detroit Education Achievement Authority's funding a challenge to trace

Lansing Without the ability to borrow money or levy taxes, the Education Achievement Authority's finances have been aided by millions of dollars in private donations and government grants in addition to normal state aid for operating 15 public schools ... [Published Detroit News - May 24 2013]

Entities: Eli Broad, Karen Denne, John Austin, Education

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Rahm Emanuel

Unions target board members after they close nearly 11% of Chicago's elementary schools

Barbara Byrd-BennettForty-eight of the 50 elementary schools the Chicago Public Schools board of education voted to close Wednesday will be shuttered in June. The other two will get short reprieves. For all but one of the schools the vote was unanimous. ... [Published Daily Kos - May 23 2013]

Entities: Eli Broad, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago, Sonya Williams

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Teacher victory in LAUSD board race may not bode well for superintendent

LAUSD teacher Monica Ratliff won a seat on the LA Unified Board of Education on Tuesday.; Credit: Rebecca Hill/KPCCTeacher Monica Ratliff’s win of an open seat on L.A. Unified’s Board of Education Tuesday could provide some discomfort for the future ... [Published SCPR - May 23 2013]

Entities: John Deasy, Antonio Villaraigosa, Eli Broad, Los Angeles, Elections

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Ferrari SpA

Haute Scene : MOCA’S YESSSS! GALA

A staggering $2.5 million was raised at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s annual Yessss! gala on April 20. The evening was in honor of the first major U.S. museum retrospective of works by Swiss-born artist Urs Fischer. The gala drew hundreds of luminaries ... [Published Haute Living Magazine - May 21 2013]

Entities: Michael Chow, Ferrari SpA, Julian Schnabel, Eli Broad, Urs Fischer

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Michigan State University

Staff profiles: Stephanie Kribs

MSU graduate student Ryan Groendyk has been driving around town in his. . .Upcoming Broad Art Museum programsApr 25, 2013The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at MSU will present a busy month of. . .MFA candidates to display work at Broad Art MuseumApr ... [Published MSU Today - May 20 2013]

Entities: Eli Broad, Edythe Broad, Michigan State University, Federal

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

DeWitt schools are busy as school year concludes

_ This column is published to keep our community members and parents aware of the great things happening in DeWitt Public Schools. In this article we will include three items from each building/department. The entire list can be found on the DeWitt Schools ... [Published Lansing State Journal - May 19 2013]

Entities: FECC, Eli Broad, Rebuilding Together, Education

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Charter school systems with Boston branches in running for national award

By Patrick D. Rosso, Town CorrespondentTwo charter school systems that have branches in Boston neighborhoods are in the running for an award recognizing their efforts to prepare students for college.The KIPP charter school network, which has a location ... [Published Boston Globe - May 16 2013]

Entities: Eli Broad, Boston (Massachusetts, United States), Education, Hispanics, Edythe Broad

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Three Charter School Systems Named Top in Nation, in Running for 2013 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced today that the top three charter school systems in the running for the 2013 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools are Achievement First, KIPP Foundation and Uncommon Schools. The ... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 15 2013]

Entities: Eli Broad, Education, Edythe Broad, Hispanics

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

L.A. City Councilmen Would Divest Pension Money From a Potentially Koch-Owned Tribune Co.

It is instructive to watch thesuperstructure of liberalism wheeze into gear at the mere rumor of a right-wing-bogeyman purchase of a distressed, unloved newspaper company:Three Los Angeles City Council members -- including a candidatefor mayor -- asked ... [Published REASON Online - May 01 2013]

Entities: Tribune Company, Bill Rosendahl, Eli Broad

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 2 reports

Hey L.A. Times have a Koch and a Smile!

We can’t have Free marketeers the Koch brothers owning a news company… horrors! Liberals think all newspapers should be controlled by progressives and unions (any wonder why newspapers are going under at alarming rates) Here is Wapo coming to the aide ... [Published Politisite - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Tribune Company, Angelo Gordon & Co, Sam Zell, Eli Broad

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Just shaking my head, trying to make sense of i... [Published Balloon Juice - May 24 2013] I keep writing about bad news on the public school privatization front, so I thought I’d give you some good news. First, a genuinely funny story out of Michigan, where the public school system has (apparently!) been completely deregulated and is now ...
Unions target board members after they close ne... [Published Daily Kos - May 23 2013] Barbara Byrd-BennettForty-eight of the 50 elementary schools the Chicago Public Schools board of education voted to close Wednesday will be shuttered in June. The other two will get short reprieves. For all but one of the schools the vote was unanimous. ...
L.A. City Councilmen Would Divest Pension Money... [Published Hit & Run - May 01 2013] <p><img alt="Eli Broad, demonstrating his commitment to empirical journalism.\|\|\|" height="201" src="http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/_external/2013_05/eli-broad-demonstrating-his-co.jpg?h=201&w=300" title="Eli Broad, demonstrating his commitment ...
Fallout Continues From Discovery of Major Flaws... [Published Firedoglake - Apr 26 2013] Academia remains incredulous as evidence accumulates that the Reinhart-Rogoff paper that underwrote much of the intellectual justification for austerity economics omitted important data and contained severe Excel errors. Some are calling it a technical ...
Hey L.A. Times have a Koch and a Smile! [Published Politisite - Apr 26 2013] We can’t have Free marketeers the Koch brothers owning a news company… horrors! Liberals think all newspapers should be controlled by progressives and unions (any wonder why newspapers are going under at alarming rates) Here is Wapo coming to the aide ...

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Housing Recovery Key to Economic Growth? [Published FOX Business - Video - Mar 05 2013]

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Broad Foundation Invests Nearly $23 Million In ... [Published PR Newswire - Mar 13 2013]