Weekly Update: Opting out Texas style, the World Peace Game and who IS going to fix the plumbing?
First up, the parents are taking back their schools in Chicago.
One of the steps in corporate ed reform is mayoral control of the school board through appointments rather than elections. This way, the moneyed few who influence the mayor can then also have influence over how the schools are run. This has worked very well for Eli Broad in Los Angeles where he has been great buddies with Mayor Villaraigosa for many years. In Chicago where there has been mayoral control for 17 years, parents and concerned citizens are fighting to take back control of their schools by demanding an elected school board.
From Stan Karp at Rethinking Schools, a great article Challenging Corporate Ed Reform, And 10 hopeful signs of resistance. Here are two excerpts:
One of the steps in corporate ed reform is mayoral control of the school board through appointments rather than elections. This way, the moneyed few who influence the mayor can then also have influence over how the schools are run. This has worked very well for Eli Broad in Los Angeles where he has been great buddies with Mayor Villaraigosa for many years. In Chicago where there has been mayoral control for 17 years, parents and concerned citizens are fighting to take back control of their schools by demanding an elected school board.
From Stan Karp at Rethinking Schools, a great article Challenging Corporate Ed Reform, And 10 hopeful signs of resistance. Here are two excerpts:Teacher Evaluation as a Weapon
Teachers and schools, who in many cases are day to day the strongest advocates and most