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The Wal-Mart-ization of Education: Wal-Mart Wants Classrooms to Run More Like a Business, Teachers Are Fighting Back GalleryThe Wal-Mart-ization of Education: Wal-Mart Wants Classrooms to Run More Like a Business, Teachers Are Fighting Back
Charter Schools, Editorial, Education Policy, Professionalism, Public/Private/Philanthropy, School Choice
Charter Schools Don’t Need An Ad Campaign; They Need Regulation
Photograph Credit; Mario Tama / Getty Images By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Campaign For America's Future. August 28, 2014 This time of year, while classroom teachers and administrators in public schools are busy welcoming students back to a new school year and figuring out how [...]
Is Justice Near for New Orleans Teachers Wrongly Fired After Katrina?
A teacher appreciation week banner from August 2005 remained in the library at George Washington Carver High School when it was photographed 14 months later. (The Times-Picayune archive) By Sue Sturgis | Originally Published at Facing South. August 27, 2014 3:18 PM When Hurricane Katrina struck the [...]
The Poor Pay the Highest Price for Charter School Experiments — Part 1 — New Orleans
By Brett Dickerson | Originally Published at Life At The Intersections. August 25, 2014 | Eight in 10 pupils in New Orleans attend charter schools, which are non-unionised and operate largely independently. Photograph: Julie Dermansky for the Guardian Julie Dermansky/Guardian It’s now clear that not everyone in [...]
Back to School, and to Widening Inequality
A child buys tickets at the Halloween-Día de los Muertos fundraiser for Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights. The event netted $3,000 for the PTA. Photo by Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press By Robert Reich | Robert Reich. Monday, August 25, 2014 American kids [...]
The Con Artistry of Charter Schools
By Ruth Conniff | Originally Published at In These Times. August 20, 2014 Once an effort to improve public education, the charter school movement has transformed into a money-making venture. There’s been a flood of local news stories in recent months about FBI raids on charter schools [...]
Why Charter Schools Have High Teacher Turnover
Opportunity Charter School, with 44 percent teacher attrition in 2011-12, actually saw lower turnover than 18 other city charter schools—at least according to state data, which some schools dispute. | Photographic Credit; di Talwar/City Limits By Helen Zelon | Originally Published at City Limits. Wednesday, August 20, [...]
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An Open Letter to the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education GalleryAn Open Letter to the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Charter Schools, Citizen Engagement, Editorial, Federal/State/Local Regulations, Public/Private/Philanthropy, School Choice, School Closures/Colocate/PhaseOut
An Open Letter to the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
You likely heard the stories. You've seen it in the papers. Oprah too sang the praises. In New Orleans, we have witnessed a Miracle. Finally the city is able to provide an excellent education. Yes, the skies opened up. The rains fell. The area was flooded. And [...]
The Charter School Profiteers – Leaving Children So Far Behind Some Cannot Be Found
Photograph; Credit Beth Fertig / SchoolBook By Allie Gross | Jacobin. July 28, 2014In Detroit charter schools, mismanagement and opportunistic “education entrepreneurs” thrive. Jenay* crouches on the carpet, her spine curved into a lowercase “c” as she concentrates on the flimsy picture book in [...]