Caught on tape: GOP candidate admits he pushed 'bad policy' through to block...
“It ain’t about public policy. It’s about fucking politics.” Casey Cagle, Georgia’s current Lieutenant Governor and frontrunner in July’s Republican runoff for governor, was recorded saying some...
View ArticleSuccess Academy Charter High School Student Rebellion
They have had enough of meaningless test prep assignments in school and for homework. Now “scholars” at Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts are rebelling. According to a change.org...
View ArticleGot segregation? North Carolina allows four towns to create their own mostly...
America’s public schools have a problem with segregation. This has always been the case and it wasn’t resolved by Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court case which determined that separate...
View ArticleWhy Didn’t Chalkbeat Cover Student Unrest at Success Academy Charter High...
Since January 2018, Chalkbeat New York has posted eight articles on New York’s Success Academy Charter School Network. The most recent article covered the graduation ceremony held for the network high...
View ArticleDeluxe charter schools serve up opportunities for taxpayer-funded white flight
Charter schools are often billed as benefiting disadvantaged urban kids—but in lots of places around the country, charters are segregating school systems by offering rich white families a way to get...
View ArticleHow fringe-right are business banker Marshall Tuck’s education views?
How reactionary is Marshall Tuck on education issues? One measure is to compare his views to those of the notoriously right-wing JBS and GOP stalwarts. Here we look at some critical issues facing...
View ArticleDespite Democratic reunification, the IDC is still helping the GOP block...
The NY State legislature has wrapped up another session, and once again they have failed to act on issue after issue. New York will continue to have some of the worst election laws in the country. New...
View ArticleECOT: $2.1 million in donations to Ohio politicians, $1 billion in charter...
ECOT stands for the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow. It is a charter school founded in Ohio in 2000 by businessman William Lager and is a story that hasn’t received nearly enough media attention....
View ArticleCharter School Queen Eva Moskowitz’s "Great" Literacy Program
Dear Eva (a/k/a the Charter School Queen),I recently received an email letter from you generously inviting me to view, and learn from, the Success Academy Charter School Network’s “rich, challenging”...
View ArticleBlake Morris: The Man Who Could Take Down Simcha Felder
The country is in upheaval…and so is New York. “Albany,” as the seat of state government is referenced, is facing a shake-up via the Democratic State Senate primaries.Progressive constituents, both...
View ArticleWe Need to Place Limits on Tech Love
Excessive use of computer games among young people is a serious medical and social problem. In China it is considered a clinical disorder and there are rehabilitation centers for addicted teenagers....
View ArticleTeachers Flee “Success” High School
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), teachers and administrators are fleeing from the Success Academy Charter School Network’s Manhattan High School of the Liberal Arts. Of the 67...
View ArticleFederal Lawsuit Proceeds Against Success Academy Charter Network
This month a U.S. District Court judge ruled that a federal lawsuit against the Success Academy Charter School Network can proceed. Parents of five former Success pre-school and kindergarten students...
View ArticleSuccess Academy Charter School CEO Rakes in the Dollars
Teachers are fleeing Success Academy Charter High School.Students are protesting. Completion rates are incredibly low.Success’“great” literacy program mirrors others available online.Success’ teacher...
View ArticleNPE Report Shows How Billionaires Undermine Public Education
As the 2018 election cycle picks up steam, the Network for Public Education report, “Hijacked by Billionaires: How the Super Rich Buy Elections to Undermine Public Schools,” is essential reading and...
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Education is Everyone's Business
I wish I had a dollar for every parent who has said, “I’d love to sent my child to a public school, but…” The but is invariably related to real and perceived deficiencies in zoned schools and by race...
View ArticleMarshall Tuck’s ethnocentrism contradicts Californian values
First published in the LA Progressive* * *Business banker Marshall Tuck is running for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction again. He’s backed by the same ideologically charged...
View ArticleCorporatists Win Again? Let's try and think positive
Hakeem Jeffries doesn’t seem to fit very neatly into the “Establishment vs. Progressives” dichotomy. He’s a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has an “A” rating on ProgressivePunch —...
View ArticleWrite to Congress – No Federal Dollars for Charter Schools!
Last week I received an email from Amy Wilkins, the Senior Vice President for Advocacy of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Amy asked to me to publicize their Congressional lobbying...
View ArticleThe Strike is on in Los Angeles!
Today’s the day. Over 30,000 unionized, public school teachers employed by the second-largest school district in the nation are officially on strike. Many of them, by the looks of some Twitter posts,...
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