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Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H.

BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, MSPH, is a Fellow of theNational Education Policy Center (NEPC) at the University of Colorado-Boulder and has written widely on vouchers, charter schools,and public school privatization. He has served as Professor of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and asProfessor of Educational Policy and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Contact Dr. Farrell and BC.

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Black Mass and Christopher Cerf’s Educational Violence Against New Jersey’s Public Schools, Part I – The Farrell Report Defending Public Education

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. Columnist

Cerf also developed a portfolio management model which he designed to place traditional public schools, voucher schools, and charter schools on equal footing.

Last weekend, I went to see Black Mass, the movie about Boston’s 20th century crime boss, James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger, a vicious, charming “hit man” who,…

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The Broad and Cartel Assault on Teachers and Communities – The Farrell Report Defending Public Education

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. Columnist

As Broad moves in on a school district, his representatives launch a major marketing campaign, with falsified data, to assert to the community that the schools are failing and that their only salvation is to turn them into so-called “high-performing charter schools.”

The education reform Cartel (comprised of the Koch Bros. and their numerous corporate, foundation, and wealthy allies) are becoming more aggressive and public in their assault…

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