A Real Victory For Parents Against Reforminess!
I can't let this pass without noting that parents in New Jersey gained a major victory this week in the battle to reclaim public education:
The founders of Tikun Olam, a proposed Hebrew-language high school, and the founders of Hua Mei, a Mandarin Chinese language high school, both bowed out of this application cycle after multiple attempts to earn state approval.
"We are happy," said Highland Park Superintendent Fran Wood, who has been a staunch opponent of charter school growth in the small town. "We feel there is not a need for the charter in this or surrounding communities."
Wood and a group of vigilant parents and teachers from the affected communities argued charter schools would steer money away from the high quality public schools already in operation.The story is much bigger than that: the parents of students affected by this charter banded together, put together