Eli Broad

Always Listen to the Billionaire

John Thompson | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Eli Broad, Inner City Education, Education Inner City, Education Reform, Broad Academy, Education Reform Eli Broad, Education News

Eli Broad's Education Week Commentary "Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste" proves the dictum that a journal of record should never deny a billionaire the soap box he craves, even if he offers little of substance.

Read Post

California School Board Blocks Parent Takeover Bid

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2012

By Troy Anderson ADELANTO, Calif., March 28 (Reuters) - A group of activist parents in this impoverished community were thwarted again...

Read Whole Story

Hostile Takeover: Parents Seek Control Of Failing School In High-Stakes U.S. Education Reform

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012

(Corrects information about the founding of Parent Revolution, adds that union backed anti-trigger activist in Florida, clarifies proposed structure...

Read Whole Story

We're #1!

| Will Evans | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Sheldon Adelson, National Institute on Money in State Politics, Ron Burkle, California Independent Expenditures, Eli Broad, Fair Political Practices Commission, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Will Evans California has some of the best public disclosure of independent political s...

Read Whole Story

The Art Show

Bruce Helander | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Jennifer Bartlett, Peter Brant Jr, Agnes Gund, The Art Show, Dorothea Rockburne, Robert Mnuchin, Rodney Graham, Rachel Lehmann, Adaa, Ori Gersht, Arne Glimcher, Edythe Broad, Scott Mead, Ana Mendieta, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, Bonnie Clearwater, Billy Childish, Art News, Gala Preview, Adam Weinberg, Peter Brant, Yoshitomo Nara, Slidepollajax, L&M Arts, David Maupin, Eli Broad, Arts News

It's no surprise that this week-long event (through March 11) is a must-see exhibition on a grand and elegant scale, where many of the art dealers are as respected and well-known as the artists they represent.

Read Post

Better Know A Billionaire: LA Edition (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Do Won Chang, Sumner Redstone, Los Angeles Billionaires, Slidepollajax, Forbes Billionaires 2012, 2012 Forbes Billionaires, Los Angeles Billionaires 2012, Patrick Soon-Shiong, Eli Broad, Los Angeles News

With the release of Forbes' annual billionaires list comes another round of Better Know A Billionaire -- LA edition. Most of these men's fortunes ...

Read Whole Story

Are The Wealthy's Giving Priorities Misplaced?

Pablo Eisenberg | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, George Soros, Giving to Charity, Bill Gates, Charity, Carlyle Group, Warren Buffett, Charitable Giving, David Rubenstein, Donations, Billionaires, Eli Broad, Impact News

The questions about the giving style of the wealthy come at a time when important social-service and advocacy organizations that serve low- and moderate-income people throughout the country are being forced either to reduce their programs or to shut their doors.

Read Post

MOCA To Launch Original Video Channel

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Jeffrey Deitch, Video, Art, Reality TV, Moca Tv, Moca, Museums, MOCA LA, Jeffrey Deitch Moca, Eli Broad, Arts News

Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art is hoping to tap into a popular interest in art with a new YouTube channel it's launching in July. Accordi...

Read Whole Story

The Shifting Focus of Publicity in the Art World

Daniel Grant | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Franz Kline, Eli Broad, Georgia O'Keeffe, Art Buyers, Art Auctions, Art Criticism, Art Auction Records, Art Critics, Arts News

At times, publicity becomes the art itself, with the public knowing that it should appreciate some work because "it's famous" rather than because it's good, distorting the entire experience of art.

Read Post

Art in the Ownership Society

Sam Chaltain | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Brett Cook, Art, Occupy Wall Street Protest, MOCA Los Angeles, Moca, Marina Abramovic, Occupy Wall Street, New York Times, Modern Art, #Occupywallstreet, Los Angeles, Eli Broad, Maria Abramovic, Maria Abramovic Art, Arts News

The core questions animating the MOCA event weren't representative of any shared vision of the world; they were reflective of an ersatz veneration of the art of the spectacle itself.

Read Post

PAY UP: Billionaires Want To Increase Your Taxes By $10 Billion

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Ca $10 Billion Tax Increase, Ca Billionaire Tax Overhaul, Think Long Committee, Condoleezza Rice, Billionaires Reform Ca, Eric Schmidt, Gray Davis, Nicolas Berggruen, Billionaires Tax Ballot Measure, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eli Broad, Billionaires Blueprint to Renew California, Los Angeles News

A group of some of California's most powerful billionaires say they plan on putting a $10-billion tax increase on the November 2012 ballot. Calling it...

Read Whole Story

These Billionaires Call California Home

| Agustin Armendariz | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Google, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Sergey Brin, Larry Ellison, Donald Bren, Mark Zuckerberg, Forbes' 400 Richest Americans, Larry Page, David Geffen, California Billionaires, Patrick Soon-Shiong, Eli Broad, Los Angeles News

Story courtesy of California Watch. By Agustin Armendariz The Golden State boasts the most billionaires living within its borders among all U.S....

Read Whole Story

New York State Blocks "Victory" Charter on Long Island

Alan Singer | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Restart, Long Island, Education, Charter Schools, Eli Broad, Victory Education Partners, Ny Education, New York News

The reality is that Victory Education Partners has been associated with a series of education failures. Maybe the politicians finally understand.

Read Post

Be Warned: This Art Makes You Want to Throw Up

Edward Goldman | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Cy Twombly, Ed Kienholz, Lacma, Moca, Eli Broad, Ed Keinholz Five Car Stud, Ed Keinholz Lacma, Installation Art, Sculpture, Five Car Stud, Arts News

So, here we are -- in the middle of the night, in a forest. It's pitch dark, except for one spot flooded by the headlights of five cars circling the scene of a horrific crime.

Read Post

To Give and Give Not

Daniel Grant | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Association of Art Museum Directors, American Folk Art Museum, Joan Whitney Payson, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ralph Esmerian, Chuck Close, American Association of Museums, Ralph Lerner, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, Peter Doig, Eli Broad, James H. Rich, Arts News

Breaking a promise -- or changing one's mind, whatever you want to call it -- to donate money or objects to a museum (or any other nonprofit institution) is rare, but it does happen, sometimes in spectacular fashion.

Read Post

Why I Still Think President Obama Can Bring Us Together

John Thompson | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Class Warfare Linda Darling Hammond, Richard Elmore, School Turnarounds, Department of Education, President Obama, Team of Rivals, Charles Payne, Rudy Crew, Rick Hess, Mark Simon, Bill Gates, Education Reform, Deborah Meier, Steve Brill, Eli Broad, Dfer, Education News

I used to think that Barack Obama would follow Abraham Lincoln in bringing us together. I read he adopted a balanced, "team of rivals" approach to foreign policy and domestic challenges. Now, I think I know why his education policy is the big exception.

Read Post

The Obama Paradox

John Thompson | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: President Obama, Arne Duncan, Joel Klein, Rupert Murdoch, School Reform, Bill Gates, Save Our Schools, Nclb Waivers, Nclb, Eli Broad, Education News

Unlike many in the Tea Party, President Obama does not want to privatize schools. But, the president has essentially privatized educational policy.

Read Post

Educating for Democracy: "Save Our Schools" Strategies

Joel Shatzky | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Save Our Schools March, Chris Christie, Mayor Bloomberg, Diane Ravitch, Standardized Testing, Jonathan Kozol, Bill Gates, Matt Damon, Eli Broad, Education News

The "Save Our Schools March" that took place last Saturday might not have been large in terms of participants. But more important was the enthusiasm and determination conveyed by those who attended.

Read Post

Education Debate Taking a Downward Turn

Richard Whitmire | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Eli Broad, Education News

How did education become one of the most polarized debates in American politics?

Read Post

How To Improve CA's Schools, According To Eli Broad & Others (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Maria Contreras Sweet, Michael Milken, Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Education Nation, Bryon Auguste, Education Nation Los Angeles, Brian Williams, John Deasy, Eli Broad, Los Angeles News

"Why is it during a period of budget downturn," NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams asked, "why does education -- you'll forgive the phrase -- take...

Read Whole Story

Los Angeles Power Couples: The Essential List (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.06.2011

Los Angeles loves its stars -- and if they come in pairs, all the better. But this list doesn't focus on couples like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie; in...

Read Whole Story

How Diane Ravitch Became My Intellectual Hero

John Thompson | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Fresh Air, Deborah Meier, Bridging Differences, Diane Ravitch, Eli Broad, Education Reform, Nclb, Education News

Before I started teaching, I thought Diane Ravitch was wrong. But I quickly learned she was right, and we can not build the bricks of conceptual understanding without the straw of knowledge.

Read Post

VIDEO: Eli Broad Pours Billions Into LA, But Has His Critics

Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Eli Broad LACMA, Eli-Broad-Public-Funding, Eli Broad Philanthropy, Eli Broad Downtown, 60 Minutes, Eli and Edyth Broad, Eli Broad, Video, Los Angeles News

In a 60 Minutes profile, interviewer Morley Safer called Eli Broad "one of the most consistently generous philanthropists in America." Safer's segment...

Read Whole Story

Top 10 Most Likely To Buy The L.A. Dodgers

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Dennis Gilbert, Alec Gores, Mark Cuban, Peter Gruber, Mark Attansasio, Eric-Garcetti-Casey-Wasserman, Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Dodgers, Thomas Barrack, Dodgers, Eli Broad, Dodgers Frank Mccourt, Los Angeles News

While the Los Angeles Dodgers might not attract the Hollywood stars that regularly pack Staples Center for Los Angeles Lakers games, there appears to ...

Read Whole Story

Broad Foundation Dedicates $40 Million To Urban Education Prize

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urban Education, Broad Foundation, Eli Broad Education, Eli and Edythe Broad, College Scholarships, Broad Prize, Broad Foundation Education, Eli Broad, Education News

For the last decade, the Broad Foundation, started by Los Angeles real estate mogul Eli Broad and his wife Edythe, has handed out an annual prize to h...

Read Whole Story