Charter School Parents Get Angry
In New Orleans, the Algiers Charter School Association hired a management consultant from New York City to address their problems. Some of their schools have very high schools, and some have very low scores (critics say they are dumping grounds to help the other schools).
The management consultant fired central staff, reassigned principals and embarked on his own plan to shake things up.
This is what happened, as reported in “The Lens”:
The management consultant fired central staff, reassigned principals and embarked on his own plan to shake things up.
This is what happened, as reported in “The Lens”:
ACSA puts controversial personnel moves on hold after crowd chants: “Raza must go”
BY KELSEY FOSTER, CHARTER SCHOOL REPORTER. JULY 2ND, 2012
More than 300 members of the Algiers community gathered at the McDonogh 32 Literacy Charter School to
Keep Following the Money in Philly, part 2
The Citypaper in Philadelphia learned that the city’s major foundation (William Penn) is funding the privatization forces, and the foundation didn’t like it. It launched pushback in other media.
What appears to be unquestionably true in the offensive and counteroffensive is that powerful people are mobilizing to turn many public schools in Philadelphia over to privately run charters or even to voucher schools. This move was predictable in the wake of the report by the Boston Consulting Group, one of those big management consulting teams that prefers private management to public government control. Wherever you find
What appears to be unquestionably true in the offensive and counteroffensive is that powerful people are mobilizing to turn many public schools in Philadelphia over to privately run charters or even to voucher schools. This move was predictable in the wake of the report by the Boston Consulting Group, one of those big management consulting teams that prefers private management to public government control. Wherever you find