Walton Family Foundation Funds “Grassroots” School Choice Organization February 14, 2020 by Betty Casey

Walton Family Foundation Funds “Grassroots” School Choice Organization

I tried to leave a comment on Nehemiah Frank’s editorial entitled “Diverse Group of Parents Launches National Parents Union to Challenge Educational Injustices” in the Black Wall Street Times, but was unable to do so. I feel that Frank’s editorial about the National Parents Union (NPU) was misleading. I received the press release (the same one that Mr. Frank probably received) about the NPU marching through the streets of New Orleans to celebrate “school choice.” I did a little digging about the NPU and found that it is far from the diverse, grassroots organization that it claims in the press release. The National Parents Union is funded by white billionaires, most notably the Walton Family Foundation.