Voting with dollars: philanthropy, money and education policy

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Notes

1. See http://marmoogle.blogspot.com/2007/04/global-philanthropy-forum-that-is.html.

2. See http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/13/us/13strom.html?pagewanted=print.

3. See http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/13/us/13strom.html?pagewanted=print.

4. See http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/05/richest-people-billionaires-billionaires08-cx_lk_0305billie_land.html.

5. See http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/speeches/2008/01-24wefdavos.mspx.

6. See http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2010/meeting_annual_actionareas.asp?Section=OurMeetings&PageTitle=Action%20Areas.

7. See http://blogs.wsj.com/financial-adviser/2010/03/08/not-your-parents-philanthropy/tab/print/.

8. See http://www.alliancemagazine.org/en/content/community-foundations-silver-bullet-or-just-part-answer.

9. See http://www.gatesfoundation.org/global-health/Pages/grand-challenges-explorations.aspx.

10. See http://www.gatesfoundation.org/united-states/Pages/program-overview.aspx.

11. Though the Charter Schools are in principle non-profit schools, and are not allowed to charge tuition fees, some for-profit companies, EMOs, are currently running Charter Schools and the non-profitable character of the programme has been questioned.

12. See http://www.gatesfoundation.org/college-ready-education/Pages/charter-schools-networks.aspx.

13. See http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/01/back-to-school-for-the-billionaires.html.

14. See http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/05/18/story2.html.

15. See ARK website http://www.arkschools.org/ (accessed 13 January 2012).