Teachers union holds protest outside Broad museum on opening day

[Omaha Steve]

Source: LA Times

By JOEL RUBIN

Before art aficionados could get their first look inside Eli Broad’s new museum Sunday morning, they got an angry earful on the outside from teachers who have long battled the billionaire philanthropist over charter schools.

Seizing on the opportunity to steal some of the limelight surrounding the opening of the Broad, which will house Broad’s renowned collection of modern art, a few hundred instructors from the L.A. Unified School District endured a blazing sun and took to the sidewalk in front of the museum.

“You want art for the masses?” one person shouted into a bullhorn.

“Then fund more classes!” others shouted in reply as they paraded back and forth under the museum’s much-discussed honeycomb façade.

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[busterbrown]

1. Thanks Omaha Steve

Did not catch that in the news...In L.A,, couldn’t wait to see the new museum...

But now have cancelled my plans.. Charter Schools in the end, take much needed funding out of public schools in low taxed poorer school districts areas and shift funds to Schools which cater to kids who come from more affluent areas.. This Sucks!!

[roody]

2. Good on the teachers! Nt

[mrdmk]

3. Canceled my plans to see the museum also, was really looking forward to the visit

Looking into the matter, Eli Broad seems bent on taking down public system of education.

[ellenrr]

4. this bastard has done more than anyone (except perhaps Bill Gates) to destroy public education.

a museum!
geez....

[bread_and_roses]

5. Good for the teachers!

We need more of this. The vampire rich get far too much credit for scattering their "largesse" on we peons. How often do we hear, "oh, but s/he gives $$$$ to such & such?" So what?