@article{471205,
      recid = {471205},
      author = {Reckhow, Sarah.},
      title = {Follow the money : how foundation dollars change public  school politics /},
      publisher = {Oxford University Press,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {x, 221 p. :},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {"In Follow the Money, Sarah Reckhow shows where and how  foundation investment in education is occurring and  provides a penetrating analysis of the effects of these  investments in the two largest urban districts in the  United States: New York City and Los Angeles. In New York  City, centralized political control and the use of private  resources have enabled rapid implementation of reform  proposals. Yet this potent combination of top-down  authority and outside funding also poses serious questions  about transparency, responsiveness, and democratic  accountability in New York. Furthermore, the sustainability  of reform policies is closely linked to the political  fortunes of the current mayor and his chosen school leader.  While the media has highlighted the efforts of forceful  reformers and dominating leaders such as Joel Klein in New  York City and Michelle Rhee in Washington, D.C., a slower,  but possibly more transformative, set of reforms have been  taking place in Los Angeles. These reforms were also funded  and shaped by major foundations, but they work from the  bottom up, through charter school operators managing  networks of schools. This strategy has built grassroots  political momentum and demand for reform in Los Angeles  that is unmatched in New York City and other districts with  mayoral control. Reckhow's study of Los Angeles's education  system shows how democratically responsive urban school  reform could occur-pairing foundation investment with broad  grassroots involvement." -- Publisher's description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/471205},
}