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Monday, May 14, 2012

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: My response to 60 Minutes’ piece on the Gulen Movement

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: My response to 60 Minutes’ piece on the Gulen Movement:


My response to 60 Minutes’ piece on the Gulen Movement

Those of us who have been aware of the Gulen movement’s stealth involvement in an enormous network of publicly-funded charter schools are pleased that CBS News finally gave the situation wide national coverage. However, the 60 Minutes segment left out a number of important things. 

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What 60 Minutes omitted

60 Minutes should have independently verified the Harmony administrator's claim that the chain has a waiting list of ~30,000 students. Unless such numbers can be independently verified, the waiting list figures offered by charter schools are hearsay and should be viewed as a marketing strategy.