This book goes deep behind the scenes of school privatization campaigns to expose the complex
networks of funding that sustain these efforts - often hidden from the view of the public.
Using the example of a 2016 Massachusetts charter school referendum Cunningham shows how
wealthy individuals support charter school expansion through so-called social welfare
organizations thereby obscuring the true sources of funding while influencing major public
policy votes. With vast wealth and a political agenda foundations have helped to reshape the
reform landscape in urban education.
