The arrogance of the rich: the story of Bullis

In Los Altos, California, an area where the median house price as of this writing is $3,391,900 according to Zillow and the median income is $157,500 a year  (the US median is $53,482), wealthy parents in neighboring Los Altos Hills were upset that the Los Altos School District closed their school because of low enrollment (you can read the full story here).  These highly resourced parents started a battle with the district by petitioning for a charter school.  The district turned them down.  Unfortunately, under the law at the time, the county was able to override the district decision and the district was forced to provide space.  

On the college game

The internet is all a buzz with the latest college scandal: celebrities and rich people bribing their way into elite schools such as Stanford, University of Southern California and Yale.  In the latest turn, two Stanford University students are suing the universities named in the scandal citing "fraud."  The fact that system is rigged isn't really new.  The system is rigged from the start.  We know that only some students get extra tutoring to prepare for test prep, only some students have access to elite classes and schools, and if we start even further back, we know that students do not enter kindergarten on equal footing.