Corporate Charter School Failing Its Students gets 'A' for "Aquiring Oklahoma Tax Dollars"

   Since we're at an indefinite corporatist (C) time-out (impasse) during the special legislative session, I'll post about another Corporate initiative which will further the destruction of our Oklahoma public schools:
   U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVoss and the U.S. Department of Education will send $16.5 million in our tax dollars to Oklahoma for corporate charter schools. The Oklahoma Public (Charter) School Resource Center (OPSRC), otherwise known as the Oklahoma Corporate Charter School Resource Center (OCCSRC) will be the recipient of the grant. The federal grant will be used to fund the 20,000 Corporate Charter School students in Oklahoma. The OPSRC (OCCSRC), bills itself as an Oklahoma City-based non-profit that works with charter schools and traditional public schools. It is a non-profit owned by for-profit corporations such as Wal-Mart through The Walton Family Foundation (WFF). The OPSRC is therefore, no doubt, a "for-profit non-profit".
   Brent Bushey, the executive director of the OPSRC, is the "rock star" mentioned several years ago by the WFF (not WWF), which would "drown-out" the voices of traditional public school supporters. While I've met Brent Bushey and like him as a person, we disagree about which entities should receive tax dollars. While I believe Oklahoma tax dollars should pay for Oklahoma public services such as roads (DOT), health care, public education, and corrections - Mr. Bushey believes Oklahoma tax dollars should be up for grabs in the private sector as well as for "corporate" charter schools.
   The OPSRC brags about working with charter and traditional public schools, as mentioned earlier. There are currently 30 charter schools which are members of the OPSRC in Oklahoma, but an unknown number of traditional public schools. For some reason, their identities have been kept secret, but many traditional public school supporters would like to know who they are? I am now asking Mr. Bushey - "Who are your traditional public school supporters? Please name them..."
Update: EPIC Charter School and the great tax money grab.