The Secret of His Success
From a friend:
If you think “people who suck" is controversial, try calling the head of the teacher’s union a potential “pig fucker.”
P.S. Green Dot is sending kids to college in record numbers…
I met Steve Barr last week and loved his passion -- and what's he's accomplished!
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The Secret of His Success
Why does a billionaire think Steve Barr is worth $10.5 million?
By JUDITH LEWIS, LA Weekly News
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 - 5:00 pm
It is Friday afternoon, the day after billionaire Eli Broad’s foundation announced it would invest $10.5 million in Steve Barr’s grand experiment to remake public education in Los Angeles, and Barr, in blue Dodger cap and denim shirt, sits on the porch of his sylvan Silver Lake home to “take the rest of the day off.” He says this several times, as if to remind himself, and has the props to prove it: On a table in the shade of a towering redwood, an aromatic cigar burns to a stub in the ashtray, and an unfinished Corona turns warm in the sun.
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