Madison Prep Rhetoric Continues: Guilt by association is political cheap trick

Chris Rickert:

They came, as such things usually do, via that great information dumping ground known as the Internet.

"The Ideological Lineage of Madison Prep: If you haven't seen this, you really should: History, Not 'Conspiracy,'" read the Feb. 1 tweet.

Included was a link to a Jan. 27 blog post that in 1,776 words has Kaleem Caire - head of the Urban League of Greater Madison and the main backer of controversial Madison charter school Madison Preparatory Academy -- connected to more than a dozen conservative causes or leaders, including such bogeymen of the left as the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Charles G. Koch Foundation.

Similarly, a 1,357-word, Dec. 22 essay published on the website of a local liberal magazine points to Caire's work with "right-wing organizations" such as the Black Alliance for Educational Options and describes the people behind charters like Madison Prep as being about the "business" of "obtaining a secure stream of public funding to attract more private investment in what are essentially private ventures outside of the scrutiny or accountability systems of democratically elected school boards."

Well, OK ...

Much more on the proposed Madison Preparatory IB charter school, here.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 9, 2012 2:54 PM
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