Billionaire charter school advocates gave to at least 22 organizations that endorsed TISA
Critics of the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act (TISA) are concerned the funding formula and private school vouchers are designed to drain money from public schools and transfer it to charter and private schools. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Bill Gates and the Walton family funded a substantial portion of the advocacy for Gov. Bill Lee’s school funding overhaul. Skeptics fear this philanthropy is self-interested, advancing an agenda to dismantle public schools to benefit private interests.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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