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Friday, January 27, 2012

Mother Crusader: Demi-Billionaire and Consultant v. Parent Advocate (I Think This Is a New One…)

Mother Crusader: Demi-Billionaire and Consultant v. Parent Advocate (I Think This Is a New One…):

Demi-Billionaire and Consultant v. Parent Advocate (I Think This Is a New One…)

In an article today Debra Rubin (she's been busy with all of these Hebrew charter dramas) reported on the fourth denial of Tikun Olam. And in it she dropped a couple of bombshells!


The first was from the Hebrew Charter School Center (HCSC). We'll get to that bombshell in just a moment, but first let me tell you about the HCSC. They describe themselves as "a nonprofit organization created by the

Charter v. Board of Education, Again

The New Jersey charter invasion has created such a ruckus because many towns have great schools and the parents of the students that are well served in those schools are willing to go to the mat to protect them.


That said, there will always be a percentage of parents, no matter how good the schools are, that will avail themselves of choice for whatever reason. And when the Governor and Education Commissioner are hot for charters and all too happy to steamroll districts that stand in their way, you end up with these two groups of parents pitted against each other, and the charters and the districts as well.


Great, now what?


What do the parents that don't want to "avail themselves of choice" do when they see their district losing funding