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Mavericks’ Florida PAC, their Walton Family and Sallie Mae Backers and Federal Taxpayer Dollars

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Bob Sikes

Sometime after July 8, 2011, Academica boss Fernando Zulueta decided to transfer the non-profit corporation he used to promote his for-profit charter school empire to someone else. Between then and April 3rd of this year, an agreement was reached to … Continue reading →

Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS | Tagged Academica, Building Hope, charter schools in florida, Charter Schools USA, education, education reform, FCAT, Fernando Zulueta, Florida, Florida Association of Public Charter Schools, Florida consortium of public charter schools, florida education, florida republicans, florida school reform bill, for profit, high stakes testing, Jeb Bush, Lauren Hollander, Mavericks, michelle rhee, privatization, Renaissnance, Richard Moreno, Salvaore j Bruno, school grades, testing | Leave a comment
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