EPISODE SUMMARY
Leonie interviews Tim Schwab, the author of an important new book “The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire,” about Bill Gates' profound impact on education policy in NYC and nationwide.
EPISODE NOTES
Leonie Haimson, Testimony on the myth of accountability under Mayoral control
Schedule and videos of Mayoral control hearings
Politico, Lawmakers to consider Adams approach to class size as they weigh mayoral control
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Tim Schwab, The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire
Student Privacy Matters, Background of inBloom Controversy
Bill Gates and Mayoral control
Bill Gates' outsize influence on educational policy