By Christopher Bonastia | Originally Published at AlterNet. January 6, 2015 Touted as the cure for what ails public education, charter schools have historical roots that are rarely discussed. As a parent I find it easy to understand the appeal of charter schools, especially for parents [...]
By Marian Wang | Originally Published at ProPublica. December 9, 2014, 10:49 AM | Illustration; David Sleight/ProPublica This post has been updated to include a response from National Heritage Academies. A couple of years ago, auditors looked at the books of a charter school in Buffalo, New [...]
Policymakers who proclaim miraculous progress in education don't usually have their facts straight. By Elaine Weiss | Originally Published at US News. December 1, 2014 8:00 a.m. EST | Photographic Credit; Back to School. Phil Roeder at Flickr It should be clear, on its face, that “miracles” [...]
By Kari Harden | Originally Published at A print edition of The Louisiana Weekly, a New Orleans-based civil rights newspaper that began publishing in 1925. December 1, 2014 | Photographic Credit; Chris Granger / The Times-Picayune A new report exploring the correlation between high-risk neighborhoods and educational [...]
By Antonia Darder | Originally Published at TruthOut. November 30, 2014 | Photographic Credit; Shutterstock / Student erases Rather than an oppressive and manipulative engine for capitalist accumulation, schools should function as centers of creativity and imagination where an ethos of democratic life is grounded upon cultural [...]
It Happened… Andrew Cuomo Was Re-elected New York Governor, but Loses Clout. Might his stance on public education be at issue? By Kevin Solari | Originally Published at Working In These Times.November 3, 2014 6:03 PM | New York's incumbent governor will likely sail to a reelection [...]
By Kevin Solari | Originally Published at In These Times. October 17, 2014 | Chicago Public Schools former CEO Arne Duncan can smile for the kids, but not for their schools. (US Department of Education / Flickr) Judging by a new study put out by the Institute [...]
By Marian Wang | Originally Published at ProPublica. October 15, 2014, 5:45 AM Every Year Millions In Public $$ Go To This Entrepreneur’s Charter Schools and For-Profit Companies He Controls. Baker Mitchell is a politically connected North Carolina businessman who celebrates the power of the [...]
By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D. | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. October 11, 2014 Kim Ueyama engages students in her geometry class at Carver Collegiate and Carver Preparatory Academies, December 17, 2013. (Photo by Ted Jackson, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) Every year post Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, charter [...]
