Jay-Z Gets Dragged Over $300M Philadelphia School Initiative

The highway to hell is paved with good intentions, and Jay-Z may be on his means after a brand new initiative for Philadelphia colleges.

Beyonce‘s husband and his firm Roc Nation introduced a $300M instructional marketing campaign for low-income Philadelphia college students, PEOPLE studies. And the web had rather a lot to say about it.

Based on the X streets, Mr. Carter‘s initiative builds on a problematic Republican-backed plan to intestine public faculty funding and negatively impression the kids who attend them. Pulitzer prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones helped to interrupt down the difficulty with the transfer.

“Cease taking part in with us. Not solely do college students who go to non-public colleges on vouchers not carry out higher, 1 out of 5 leaves the non-public faculty and truly see improved educational outcomes by returning to the general public faculty,” she wrote.

Roc Nation pitched the thought as a continuation of their relationship with the town of Brotherly Love. Philly has additionally performed host to their Made In America pageant since 2012.

“We’ve loved such a particular reference to Philadelphians, so we’ve made it our mission to spend money on the long-term success of the town’s changemakers,” Roc Nation Managing Director of Philanthropy Dania Diaz stated in a press release. “Influence begins with the scholars and with consciousness. We need to empower the youth and households with the data to pursue their scholastic goals, make their voices heard and turn into the leaders of tomorrow.”

Nonetheless, many really feel that the initiative fully misses the mark and as a substitute harms the scholars who would profit most from elevated funding. The cash can be, reportedly, not coming straight from both Jay-Z or Roc Nation however Philadelphia taxpayers.

The proposed faculty voucher program has occurred in different city cities the place constitution colleges have overtaken public colleges amid huge closures and underfunding.

Right here’s to hoping the “Exhausting Knock Life” artist is solely taking part in checkers not chess. Solely time will inform.