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Reed Hastings
Charter Schools
March 18, 2024

Don Shalvey, ‘fearless’ charter school pioneer and mentor, dies at 79

Shalvey created the state's first charter school, its first multi-school network, Aspire Public Schools, and left his imprint on the charter sector and its leaders.

John Fensterwald
Los Angeles Unified
June 21, 2017

Reed Hastings backs school board candidates, but opposes elected school boards

The Netflix co-founder who has donated some of the biggest sums to charter school causes in California since 2011 thinks elected school boards are holding back education progress in the United States.

Louis Freedberg and Mikhail Zinshteyn
Podcast
June 16, 2017

This Week in California Education: Episode 16, June 17, 2017

This week: CA legislature approves FY18 budget, with increased funding for K-12 schools, DeVos criticizes charter advocates who don't support other "school choice" options & Netflix CEO commits to long-term campaign to increase charter enrollments Produced by Sarah Tan

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