Civic Center Becomes Kids' Bowling Alley for The Day
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| Matt Smith |
| Now if only public bowling were available inside City Hall. |
As California schools prepare for the shock of further budget cuts, private nonprofits such as Jumpstart are the education world's bright spot -- financially speaking.
According to IRS records, Jumpstart is growing at an annual rate of between $500,000 and $1 million. By 2009, it was reporting nearly $15 million in revenues.
As public money for schools declines, donors with their own agendas on education have been opening their wallets. The downfall of public schools and the growth of private nonprofit education corporations has raised legitimate concerns about transparency, accountability, and the influence of such private donors.
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| Matt Smith |
| Ceyoni, age 5, prepares to knock down some pins. |
Waiting for Superman has been debunked as a piece of journalistic misfeasance that distorted data to perpetuate the falsehood that nonprofits are better at educating students than public schools.
But that's not to suggest that organizations like Jumpstart are doing anything wrong. Far from it.
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| Matt Smith |
| Chris Padula says preschool kids need to get crackin'. |
Without help, "many will never catch up by third grade," Padula says.
But on Thursday, the national debate over education was sidelined while kids just had fun working on their bowling scores.
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