Bernie Sanders to call for ban on for-profit charter schools
Sen. Bernie Sanders will unveil a major plan to support public education and rein in privatization on Saturday, CNN reports. Sanders will call for a ban on for-profit charter schools and pledge that,...
View ArticleLMLOS News Round-Up -- May 20, 2019 (LATE EDITION)
It’s Monday, May 20, 2019, and it feels like a Monday. That doesn’t stop the news, so here’s the round-up from Liberal Minded Ladies of Substance. It’s all news, all the time around here. There are...
View ArticleLMLOS News Round-Up -- May 21, 2019
It’s a rainy, cold Tuesday, May 21, 2019. And here’s another ten stories from Liberal Minded Ladies of Substance. As you know by now, I homeschool my Boychild. In fact, at this moment, he’s currently...
View ArticleLatest Charter School Scandal
Charter schools are big business opportunities and lax oversight rules make them ripe for financial manipulation and outright theft. The latest charter school scandal just broke in California where two...
View ArticleTeachers spend an average of nearly $500 out of pocket for classroom supplies...
As summer comes to an end, many of us are thinking about back-to-school supplies. Whether you’re a student going back to school yourself, or you’re responsible for someone who is, you’ve probably...
View ArticleCalifornia charter schools are excluding and forcing out kids with...
California charter schools are systematically leaving disabled kids behind—or worse. A recent report from United Teachers Los Angeles and the California Teachers Association looks at three large school...
View ArticleCalifornia bill would increase local control over charter schools, this week...
The financial drain and lack of local control of charter schools were a major issue in this year’s teachers strikes in California, and now the state legislature has passed a bill that might help. AB...
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So a brown man got assertive! For shame!
Then we wonder why Hispanic Americans don’t vote? We don’t see ourselves represented.So a brown man got assertive! Good morning! TexMex here pushing back on the Julián “being mean” narrative. For...
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“Who Can Beat Donald Trump?” is the Second Question Not the First
We need to answer, “Vote for what?” before we ask, “Vote for whom?” in the 2020 election.Over the last several decades, Republicans have consistently run for election on America for some of us in...
View ArticleTake back government of, by and for the people. Start with Public Schools.
Want to make America great again? Take back government of, by and for the people. That is what the 2020 election is about.Public school are the bedrocks of democracy and equity. They are a great place...
View ArticleHouston activist Kandice Webber breaks down the fraud that is Charter Schools
Houston activist Kandice Webber describes the fraud that is the charter school system. Most importantly she provides a path for the community to take back their public schools vie engagement.Charter...
View ArticleCheck out the truth behind a blindingly dishonest attack on Elizabeth Warren...
Centrist pundit Jonathan Chait has had a lot of notoriously terrible moments, but this hit job on not just Sen. Elizabeth Warren but the voters of Massachusetts and the very concept of public education...
View ArticleRead Slaying Goliath by Diane Ravitch. It is a Chronicle of the Hope We Need.
Most of us still care about the wellbeing of all– now and in the future. Diane Ravitch’s Slaying Goliath is a book for us. If you count yourself as a member of that group read this book. Be prepared...
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Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
First published on Schools Matter on January 21, 2020“In the long run, charter schools are being strategically used to pave the way for vouchers. The voucher advocates, who are very powerful and funded...
View ArticleLawsuit against The Accelerated Schools corporate charter chain
This action against The Accelerated Schools (TAS) corporation, on behalf of Michael Kohlhaas dot org, is my second lawsuit against a charter school. My first was against the Partnerships to Uplift...
View ArticleChild attacked after leaders at nation's largest charter system (KIPP) ignore...
First, an explanation of the title. Last spring a friend from my previous job told me about a teacher there who had shoved a kid, lied about it, got caught on camera and yet nothing was done. My...
View ArticleOpen Letter to LAUSD Board regarding Citizens of the World Charter School...
A copy of this letter was sent to each individual member via emailMarch 11, 2020Dear Members of the Board of Education:I am an educational rights attorney and law professor here in Los Angeles. I am...
View ArticleThe Gates Foundation's own research confirms Bill Gates' $575 million...
One of the myriad problems with billionaires like Bill Gates pouring tons of money into reshaping our education system is that people like Bill Gates are not educators. They rarely have even a small...
View ArticleSuccess Academy CEO Eva “Got-to-Go,” Charter’s “Racist and Abusive Practices”...
On June 23, Elizabeth Baker, a press associate for the Success Academy Charter School Network, resigned. In a letter to Michael Smith, the network’s director of Human Resources, she stated that she...
View ArticleByron Donalds and the conservative war against public education in Southwest...
Byron Donalds and the war against America’s schoolsThe Paradise ProgressiveAnalysis September 16, 202022 MinutesSept. 16, 2020 by David SilverbergIf you’ve enjoyed Betsy DeVos, you’re going to love...
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Democrats: Time for an Education Policy Divorce
It is time for Democrats to file for a divorce from a four-decade bipartisan education policy marriage. The case is clearer now than ever. There are irreconcilable differences. A marriage with one...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup – does capitalism makes us more stupider?
In today’s ACM we are looking at examples of how capitalism lowers standards of education and average education level of the population, and why capitalists will work feverishly to keep the masses...
View ArticleBlack history should be taught in all schools—especially those with a small...
Maria Montessori Academy, a charter school in North Ogden, Utah, made headlines this month after allowing several families to opt their children out of Black History Month curriculum. The principal of...
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Major victory over a corporate charter school chain and their trade association
Adapted from my Twitter thread.On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was also a major victory over their California Charter Schools...
View Article'School choice' and charter proponents target public education in key states
But teachers and their allies are fighting back in Arizona, Kentucky and elsewhere.By Rachel Cohen, for Capital and MainThree years ago in West Virginia, roughly 20,000 educators went on strike and...
View ArticleBogus school would have never conned way onto ESPN if Ohio had any kind of...
In case you missed it, the latest entry in the debate over charter schools involves Bishop Sycamore, a supposed charter school in Columbus, Ohio, that wrangled a nationally televised game on ESPN by...
View ArticleRevelations about bogus academy prove charter schools need better oversight
A lot of people in the Donald Trump administration had qualifications so questionable that they had us wondering, “What are they doing there?” That question was especially loud when it came to...
View ArticleThe GOP War on Education - Headlines from March 9-12
This diary is meant to collate the firehose of information that has been written about Education twice a week, on Wednesday and Sunday morning. This very long diary can be perused at your leisure, with...
View ArticlePPP loans show that the only thing public about charter schools is the money...
The word “public” is an important part of charter school messaging. They’re not privatizing public education, they tell us, they’re “public charter schools.” And yet a USA Today investigation finds...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Education: What HELL Hath COVID Wrought...
Welcome to the second inaugural War on Education. In this issue, I forgo talking about corporate and right wing attacks on our public education system for the most part to do a mental wellness check on...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Education: The Coordinated Crazies Continue Their...
Welcome to the third inaugural War on Education. In this issue, I discuss the assaults on public education by the right wing crazy contingent in this nation. If you are asking about corporate charters...
View ArticleThank you, President Biden, for tackling wasteful spending on charter schools!
Good afternoon everyone!This article from the Progressive is talking about how President Biden is calling attention to how much taxpayers money is going to charter schools.Here's an excerpt from that...
View ArticleRepublican wants guy who ridiculed public school teachers to set up 100...
Local outlet NewsChannel 5 has obtained pretty damning hidden camera video from a private reception with Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Per this video, Dr. Larry Arnn, who serves as president of...
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Why Centrism Won't Save Democrats or Democracy, or Address the Insecurity...
Republicans lead. Democrats follow. And that makes all the difference. Libertarian and wealth-protecting Republican ideologues invest to influence and change most people’s normative ideas and values,...
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling could mean less equitable school systems
by Kio HerreraThis article was originally published at PrismOn June 21, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned a Maine law that excluded religious schools from the state’s tuition assistance program,...
View ArticlePrivatizing education has been a 'catastrophic failure': Don't expect Betsy...
There are 295 charter schools in Michigan. And under a Republican-controlled legislature, 81% of them have contracts with private management companies with no demonstrated interest in detailing how...
View ArticleWhatever happened to Newsweek? It's turned into a Republican attack weapon
I always thought of Newsweek as a reasonably responsible middle of the road weekly magazine, with a slightly liberal edge. Things have changed, radically, the Newsweek brand has been turned into a...
View ArticleThe lasting legacy of Boston’s busing crisis
In 1974, Boston implemented a forced busing plan to address educational inequity. Nearly 50 years later, the issues remain.by Kio HerreraThis article was originally published at PrismKim Janey credits...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Open Thread: Governor Roy Cooper's vetoes and signatures from...
NORTH CAROLINA OPEN THREAD Sunday, July 9th, 2023WEEKLY EDITION #424This blog is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue. This weekly platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a...
View ArticleSchool Choice and Charter Schools
Right wing pundits say affirmative action does not work. They say it cannot work. They say the solution is to allow for non Whites in cities to have school choice. They should be free to go to...
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Enough Tinkering. To Improve Education for All, Attack Inequity Not Teachers...
“All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are...
View ArticleTo Ensure Trust-worthy Government, We Need to Trust and Organize with One...
In the late 1950s, Johnny Carson hosted the television game show “Who do you trust?” The 2023 answer for far too many Americans appears to be, “Not institutions and certainly not my government!” That...
View ArticleGOP's long-term plan to kill public schools in America might be succeeding
Not long ago, everyone agreed that public education was a value in this nation, much like the notion of a democracy. Yet just like with Republicans shifting attitudes toward democracy, more prominent...
View ArticleLiar, Liar, Pants on Fire!
Liar, Liar. Pants on Fire. The lies from the powerful, especially Republicans, have risen to stunningly Orwellian 2 + 2 = 5 levels. The lies that protect their wealth and power have been quite...
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Public Funds for School Choice is Immoral
Ten years ago, in an essay for the Washington Post, I wrote that the federal push for charter schools had corroded commitment to community responsibility in the United States. Students, educators, and...
View ArticleCharter Schools are frauds. The actions of a former administrator at a public...
Charter Schools are among the biggest frauds in education. After his Houston Independent District coup, TX Gov. Abbott installed Mike Miles, a former failed Charter School administrator. Texas public...
View ArticleFlorida leads the nation in destroying public education
Six states have now passed universal school choice programs, but Florida has been singularly effective at accomplishing what Republicans have had near the top of their agenda for decades: destroying...
View ArticleOklahoma court: Public funds for religious charter school is unconstitutional
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped what would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the U.S., turning back conservatives and the state’s GOP governor who have...
View ArticleOklahoma forces the Bible on students, as Christian nationalism digs in
A little more than a week after Louisiana passed a lawrequiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in schools—promptingsome wags to point out how few Republicans have apparently even read them—Oklahoma...
View ArticleMAGAs discover another MAGA policy they hate (but voted for) - school vouchers
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported on a policy goal dear to the small government MAGA politicians, the authors of Project 2025, and rich right-wingers. However, the piece, “Trump’s...
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