About 200 schools across the country have received a Target Library Makeover since 2007 and, judging by the photos available online, the libraries all look similar to the one at my school. Like those other libraries, The Story of Wal-Mart, The Story of Starbucks, and [...]
ThinkStock Image. By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at Alternet. and The Becoming Radical. May 31, 2014 What do third-grade retention policies based on reading tests, charter schools, tracking, and parental choice have in common? First, across the U.S., they all have a great deal [...]
A drop in suspension rates throughout L.A. Unified came after the Los Angeles Board of Education and superintendent called for fewer suspensions as concern grew nationwide that removing students from school imperils their academic achievement and disproportionately harms minorities. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) By Teresa [...]
DID YOU KNOW? Florida has one of the lowest graduation rates in the country. Florida ranks 50 out of 50 in state funding per pupil. 61% of our tenth graders do not read at grade level. 578 Florida students drop out of school every day. [...]
By Jeffrey S. Solochek | Originally Published at Tampa Bay Times. Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:49am Following a year of research, the Florida League of Women Voters issued a report this week that's highly critical of the state's charter school movement. Education "reform" critics, such as historian [...]
By Roger Cohen | The New York Times. May 29, 2014 LONDON — Guildhall at the heart of the City can be a lulling sort of place after a long day. The statuary and vaulted timber ceiling of the medieval great hall lead the eye to wander [...]
Photograph; Atlantic Author Ta-Nehisi Coates and Joy Reid walk and talk about the competition that we see in society and in our schools. By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. May 29, 2014 You may have read or heard about The Atlantic article, The Case [...]
By Dr. Mercedes Schiender | Originally Published at deutsch29. May 29, 2014 On May 29, 2014, Lindsey Layton of the Washington Post wrote this article on the conversion of the state-run New Orleans Recovery School District’s (RSD) conversion to charters. I would like to clarify a few [...]
With little notice and less national outcry, countrywide public schools close. Charters Schools operators move in. Charters schools receive tax dollars, and yet, they are not accountable to voters. Nor do these learning centers let every child enter. Students are selectively let in. Computerized lotteries are used [...]
