Photograph; John McDonogh High School Principal Marvin Thompson attends the first Future Is Now Schools charter board meeting since administrators learned the school would close at the end of the current academic year. (March 11, 2014.) (Danielle Dreilinger, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) Over the last few decades, [...]
Photograph; Eva Moskowitz, CEO and Founder of the Success Academy (photo courtesy of House Committee on Education and the Workforce Democrats, CC 2.0) By Zoe Carpenter | Originally Published at The Nation. March 14, 2014 On the first Tuesday in March, thousands of students, parents and teachers [...]
The war on teachers, unions, and public education, if it exists, is evidence in an interview, or more so in the message, 'trend on the tax relief our charter schools receive and we will retaliate.' Close any charter schools or do not give these institutions the option [...]
(Photograph Credit; .sho ck via Shutterstock) By Dan Arel | Alternet. March 24, 2014 Two new Republican proposals could be a boon for the prospects of publicly funded religious education. It is no secret that Republicans dislike public education. They view it as a burden on [...]
By Kate Taylor | Originally Published at The New York Times. March 6, 2014 Battered in the press over his position on charter schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday took to a friendly news outlet to defend himself and argue that his actions were being distorted. [...]
[Image adapted from Anosmia on flickr] By David Sirota | Originally Published at Pandodaily. March 6, 2014 Charter schools have long been loved by the private sector, and the rich. And for good reason. They are technically public schools, and so they receive lots of public money, [...]
Eva S. Moskowitz, left, founder of Success Academy Charter Schools, led a rally Tuesday in Albany, while Mayor Bill de Blasio, who differs with her, led a separate demonstration. | Credit Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times It is not a battle of the Titans, but [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. February 27, 2014 Deborah Meier reminds us that “one can’t ’choose’ to be the children of the wealthy,” adding later: You and I—or some other somebodies—are deciding the future of “other people’s children” [hyperlink added] [...]
Photograph; Chicago Public Schools released data on Tuesday showing privately-run charter schools expel students at a vastly higher rate than the rest of the district. (Posted on: February 26, 2014) Disparity sure to become fuel in ongoing education debate By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and Alex Richards | [...]
