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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-9-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] How We Evaluate Teachers by dianerav Experienced principal Carol Burris describes how she evaluates teachers at South Side High School in Rockville Center, New York. I am tired of reading that “teacher evaluation is broken” and therefore teachers need to be evaluated by points and student test scores. The idea that evaluation is broken comes from “the Widget Effect”, a report created by Rhee’s New Teacher Project. It claims that teachers are rated satisfactory/unsatisfactory, with nearly all being in the fi... more »
Radical Scholarship: IAP Edited Volume on Obama Education Agenda Wins AESA Award
Radical Scholarship: IAP Edited Volume on Obama Education Agenda Wins AESA Award: IAP Edited Volume on Obama Education Agenda Wins AESA Award by P. L. Thomas Co-editor Paul Carr (along with Brad Porfilio) has announced *The Phenomenon of Obama and the Agenda for Education: Can Hope Audaciously Trump Neoliberalism? *has just won a 2012 Critics Choice Book Award of theAmerican Educational Studies Association (AESA). The AESA conference is in Seatte in late October. See related essays in a 2011 special issue of *Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 4*(1). The Phenomenon of Ob... more »
The Sunday Mail. « Fred Klonsky
The Sunday Mail. « Fred Klonsky: The Sunday Mail. by Fred Klonsky *Chicago paleta cart. Photo. Adam Heenan* *This week’s Pension Vocabulary by John Dillon:* *Grasping at Straws. * Nothing that Illinois’ political leaders have proposed will solve the pension issue. It’s time to start looking at a different tax structure. *AFT President Randi Weingarten will be joining Secretary of Education Arne Duncan* on a bus tour of West Virginia next week. That all. I just thought you should know. *Some time today we will know if Chicago schools will be open tomorrow*. The goal was always to... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: You Can Read a Common Core Standard Lesson and Take a Quiz Every School Day!
Missouri Education Watchdog: You Can Read a Common Core Standard Lesson and Take a Quiz Every School Day!: You Can Read a Common Core Standard Lesson and Take a Quiz Every School Day! by stlgretchen Is this the type of literature used in CCSS? You can find out for yourself1 Forget about the wisdom imparted in the "page of the day" on desk calendars. You can now read a Common Core lesson every day in the Learning Network Blog in the New York Times and see what your children are learning in public school! You can decide for yourself if these unproven and untested standards will ... more »
St. John’s School Board Expected to Pass Resolution On High Stakes Testing; Meanwhile Rick Scott Plans Listening Tour | Scathing Purple Musings
St. John’s School Board Expected to Pass Resolution On High Stakes Testing; Meanwhile Rick Scott Plans Listening Tour | Scathing Purple Musings: St. John’s School Board Expected to Pass Resolution On High Stakes Testing; Meanwhile Rick Scott Plans Listening Tour by Bob Sikes Writes Teresa Stepzinski for the *St. Augustine Record*: The board for the state’s best school district is poised to criticize Florida’s reliance on high-stakes testing to measure student achievement. The St. Johns County School Board has proposed a resolution asking Gov. Rick Scott and the state Board of Educat... more »
Short Notes: Another Check and Balance for President Obama | The Jose Vilson
Short Notes: Another Check and Balance for President Obama | The Jose Vilson: Short Notes: Another Check and Balance for President Obama by Jose President Barack Obama Short Notes are back! These are some pieces I’ve been reading throughout last week. Enjoy! A few notes: - Some notes on President Barack Obama’s first term as president, assuming there’s a second. [TruthOut] - Wear Red on Tuesday, for teachers in Chicago. I know I will. [Chicago Teachers Union] - Most trolls I know happen to be men, and when men attack women online, they can be particularly hostile... more »
A Call For Principals And Administrators That Advocate Balanced Literacy To Be Terminated Immediately.southbronxschool.com
http://www.southbronxschool.com: A Call For Principals And Administrators That Advocate Balanced Literacy To Be Terminated Immediately by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher) We here at SBSB bashed Lucy Calkins and her cult of Teacher's College Reader's and Writer's Workshop on these pages and rightfully so. However, in going through our writings we have discovered we have left one demographic out of our cross hairs. The principals of the schools that enable, or rather disable, the student's of their schools chances to ever read. We here at SBSB call for charges, removal, and event... more »
Chicago Teachers May Strike, Teach Political Lesson : NPR
Chicago Teachers May Strike, Teach Political Lesson : NPR: Chicago Teachers May Strike, Teach Political Lesson [image: Members of community group Parents 4 Teachers display pro-teacher posters outside City Hall Friday in Chicago. The Chicago Teachers Union has threatened to strike Monday if negotiations fail.] by BECKY VEVEA Twenty-five thousand Chicago teachers are planning to walk off the job Monday if they don't have a contract by midnight Sunday. As the Democrats look to unions to help them get out the vote, a strike by Chicago teachers might just put a crimp in those plans. On... more »
My NBC Nightly News Interview on One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School
My NBC Nightly News Interview on Teachers « Cooperative Catalyst: My NBC Nightly News Interview on Teachers POSTED BY NIKHIL GOYAL ⋅ SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 ⋅ 1 COMMENT Yesterday, I was interviewed on NBC News on my recently released book One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School.The Kindle/Nook version is out next week! Here it is! I’d love to hear what you think in the comments. Time to treat teachers like “nation builders.” Here’s the video: One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School. View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.
School Tech Connect: The Missing Metric
School Tech Connect: The Missing Metric: [image: School Tech Connect] The Missing Metric by noreply@blogger.com (Tim Furman) I've been thinking about the rise of meaningless data-worship in schools over the past decade, and how it's taken a toll on the communities that need the most help. I remember when it started, at the start of NCLB. You'd get these consultants from Texas visiting your school, talking about their miraculous *data-driven* model that had transformed their state into a beacon of academic excellence. All the while Texas remained basically stagnant and near the bo... more »
Schools Matter: The Atlantic's Love-fest for Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Inexcusable
Schools Matter: The Atlantic's Love-fest for Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Inexcusable: The Atlantic's Love-fest for Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Inexcusable by P. L. Thomas *The Atlantic* is championing the self-aggrandizing agenda of non-educator Michelle Rhee: How Michelle Rhee Is Taking Over the Democratic Party The writer of the article needs to hear from the progressive education community that Rhee and the Obama education agenda are not popular or credible; email Molly Ball at mball@theatlantic.com Note this response from Diane Ravitch: Is Michelle Rhee Takin... more »
Jersey Jazzman: K12, Booker's Reformy Patrons, In Hot Water
Jersey Jazzman: K12, Booker's Reformy Patrons, In Hot Water: *K12's money is turning into kryptonite! * K12, Booker's Reformy Patrons, In Hot Water by Duke Oh, my: The new school year appears to be starting off with plenty of headaches for leading online educator K12. Like a seventh-grader caught flipping to the answers in the back of the book, a Florida county nailed the one-time Wall Street darling for apparently misleading regulators and parents about who was teaching its students. From the moment it secured its contract to run Seminole County’s Virtual Instruction Program in
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, will join the Secretary for Back To School Tour | ED.gov Blog
Back To School Tour | ED.gov Blog: *Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, will join the Secretary for the W.Va., events * * * [image: Tour Logo] ** The “Education Drives America” Back-to-School Bus Tour takes Secretary Arne Duncan and senior ED staff coast-to-coast highlighting education successes and engaging communities in conversations about school reform (P-12), college affordability and completion, and the link between education and jobs. Bus Sneak Peek and Final Details Released Posted on September 7, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley [image: Education D... more »
The in box. My neighborhood teacher writes to us. « Fred Klonsky
The in box. My neighborhood teacher writes to us. « Fred Klonsky: The in box. My neighborhood teacher writes to us. by Fred Klonsky *“People who have lost their hunger for justice are not ultimately powerful. * *They are like sick people who have lost their appetite for what is truly* *nourishing. Such sick people should not frighten or discourage us. They* *should be prayed for along with the sick people who are in the hospital.* *“The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being* *but it is also the most true to our nature.”* *-Cesar Chavez* *Hello Neighbors,*... more »
An Open Letter to Our Black Youth Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública
Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública: *An Open Letter to Our Black Youth* *www.theafricanamericanchild.com* We, the individual members of the NATIONAL BLACK EDUCATION AGENDA (NBEA) are mothers and fathers, grandparents, God-parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers and sisters entrusted as the loving adults and tradition-keepers who hold together our own Black families. We are also your neighbors, mentors, counselors, coaches, pastors, teachers and professors. It is in the spirit of love and family responsibility, that we write to you— our urban Af... more »
Diane in the Evening 9-8-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: Is Michelle Rhee Taking Over the Democratic Party? by dianerav An article in The Atlantic by a political reporter named Molly Ball claims that Michelle Rhee is “taking over” the Democratic Party. It curious that Rhee owns the party but was not invited to speak and explain her views. So many speakers ridiculed Mitt Romney because, they said, he likes to fire people. Funny, Rhee likes to fire people too. When she ran the DC schools, she invited a PBS camera crew to watch her fire a principal. I wrote to the author of this article. You should too. Post a copy he... more »
A Terrifying Way to Discipline Children - NYTimes.com
A Terrifying Way to Discipline Children - NYTimes.com: A Terrifying Way to Discipline ChildrenBy BILL LICHTENSTEIN Published: September 8, 2012 *Ward Zwart* IN my public school 40 years ago, teachers didn’t lay their hands on students for bad behavior. They sent them to the principal’s office. But in today’s often overcrowded and underfunded schools, where one in eight students receive help for special learning needs, the use of physical restraints and seclusion rooms has become a common way to maintain order. It’s a dangerous development, as I know from my daughter’s experience. ... more »
Public School Supporters Meeting With Governor Dean and Randi Weingarten at the DNC | K-12 News Network
Public School Supporters Meeting With Governor Dean and Randi Weingarten at the DNC | K-12 News Network: Public School Supporters Meeting With Governor Dean and Randi Weingarten at the DNC by admin While at the DNC, I was lucky enough to be invited to a small gathering of public education supporters with Governor Dean and Randi Weingarten, who heads the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). I’m a tremendous fan of Governor Dean — in fact, I was a Deaniac before there was a netroots. I still think he’s fantastic on so many issues close to the hearts of progressives. And I love ... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Why The F#@& Does Anyone Listen To Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee?!
Jersey Jazzman: Why The F#@& Does Anyone Listen ToFailed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee!: Why The F#@& Does Anyone Listen To Michelle Rhee?! by Duke Is it too much to ask that the next time anyone writes a piece about Michelle Rhee they include a look her record as an educator? Take this latest puffery from *The Atlantic*: Rhee, the controversial former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor known for her hard-charging style, has worked with Republican governors to push her reform ideas in states across the country. Her ongoing pitched battle with the teachers unions has put her at ... more »
21 reasons to oppose charter schools, Initiative 1240 | The Stand
21 reasons to oppose charter schools, Initiative 1240 | The Stand: 21 reasons to oppose charter schools, Initiative 1240 *This fall, Washington voters will vote on Initiative 1240, yet another attempt funded by a handful of very wealthy individuals to legalize charter schools — taxpayer-funded schools that operate independently of traditional public school districts. Charter schools have been rejected by Washington voters three times, in 1996, 2000 and 2004.* ------------------------------ *By REP. MARCIE MAXWELL* ------------------------------ 1. Charters have NOT outperformed publ... more »
Grumpy Educators: Washington State Ballot Initiative: Redefining School Choice
Grumpy Educators: Washington State Ballot Initiative: Redefining School Choice: Washington State Ballot Initiative: Redefining School Choice by Sandra Parents, community members, and taxpayers across the nation have been loud and clear regarding what they expect from public schools. 1) They want accountability; but do not want schools turned into centers of testing and test preparation instead of centers of learning. 2) They want safe, student-centered, and instructionally-rich environments that include art, music, and P.E. 3) They want
Jersey Jazzman: Power To The People - Over Their Schools
Jersey Jazzman: Power To The People - Over Their Schools: Power To The People - Over Their Schools by Duke Oh, dear: old Uncle Eli in California is not going to be happy about this: City and school officials from Jersey City, Newark and Paterson gathered in Newark City Hall today to urge federal education and law-enforcement officials to investigate what they call the state’s “refusal” to hand control of the three cities’ school districts back to local officials. State Sen. Ron Rice, leading the charge, said New Jersey’s control of the districts has led to poor performance that is... more »
The CPS scab tool kit. « Fred Klonsky
The CPS scab tool kit. « Fred Klonsky: The CPS scab tool kit. by Fred Klonsky The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the Chicago Public Schools will try to open 144 scab schools if there is a strike Monday. The will be operated by non-union personnel and administrators. CPS is providing a scab tool kit for those who will be filling in for real teachers. To be fair, *many of the non-union, non-administrative employees will have no choice but to show up.* As a teacher who has been on strike, and as a parent of children who went to CPS the last time there was a strike, I would not fe... more »
Figures…Another Bush Loyalist Cites Bush Study to Justify Bush Reforms | Scathing Purple Musings
Figures…Another Bush Loyalist Cites Bush Study to Justify Bush Reforms | Scathing Purple Musings: Figures…Another Bush Loyalist Cites Bush Study to Justify Bush Reforms by Bob Sikes Keeping with their current propaganda campaign, another Bushie has published an opinion piece in a big Florida newspaper to support Jeb Bush’s reforms. Writes his former lieutenant governor Toni Jennings in the* Orlando Sentinel*: Florida schools received good news this summer from researchers at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In analyzing test scores fro... more »
Did Malia, Sasha go to school on day after convention? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
Did Malia, Sasha go to school on day after convention? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: Did Malia, Sasha go to school on day after convention? By Valerie Strauss President Obama started his speech at the Democratic National (Lynne Sladky/AP)Convention this way: Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud. But don’t get any ideas, you’re still going to class tomorrow. So, did the girls actually go totheir school, the exclusive private Sidwell Friends in the District, the day after the night... more »
WALL STREET HEDGE FUND MANAGERS – PERFECT PEOPLE FOR EDUCATION REFORM « Teachers Fight Back
WALL STREET HEDGE FUND MANAGERS – PERFECT PEOPLE FOR EDUCATION REFORM « Teachers Fight Back: WALL STREET HEDGE FUND MANAGERS – PERFECT PEOPLE FOR EDUCATION REFORM by alkleen The Tribune newspaper just showed a seemingly disinterested and lethargic group of about 40 “parents” protesting outside of Chicago Teachers Union headquarters. They were protesting against the teachers’ union and against the potential teachers’ strike. The group supposedly belonged to an organization called, “Democrats for Education Reform”, also known as, “Education Reform Now”. The organization was starte... more »
Chicago Teachers Union opening strike headquarters - SFGate
Chicago Teachers Union opening strike headquarters - SFGate: Chicago Teachers Union opening strike headquartersPublished 5:43 a.m., Saturday, September 8, 2012 0 inShare Comments (0)Larger | SmallerPrintable VersionEmail This Font CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union says it will open a strike headquarters on Saturday in anticipation of a possible walk-out on Monday. Union and district officials also plan to continue contract negotiations at noon Saturday, though a union spokeswoman has said they remain far apart on issues such as job security and pay. The union says it is ope... more »
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Math Rant
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Math Rant: Math Rant by Charlie Mas Fair warning. *This is going to be a rant.* Those of you who come to this blog for news and information should just do yourselves a favor and not read it. I've been thinking about this a lot lately, and I've concluded that I need to write rants like this from time to time. I just need to keep them separate from the news - like the newspaper separates the news from the editorials - so the folks who want to read the news aren't offended by having to read an opinion from outside their bubble. This is going to be a... more »
UPDATE: Saturday coffee 9-8-12 « Fred Klonsky
Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky: Ten minute drawing. Rahm Emanuel’s teaching manual. by Fred Klonsky Click on drawing to enlarge. Saturday coffee. by Fred Klonsky *The Logan Square subway station on Labor Day morning. Red shirts heading down to the CTU rally.* It is a beautiful Fall-like morning in Chicago. A slight chill in the air, but the sky is cloudless and blue. Last night we sat on the lawn at Ravinia and listened to Yo Yo Ma and The Knights play Schumann. The air was cool and damp last night too. But the sound of Yo You Ma’s cello was magical. There is a guy on the Loga... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What's at stake?
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: What's at stake?: What's at stake? by Mike Klonsky *I am reprinting David Sieber's Op-Ed on Gapers Block just because I think it is so good. David is a CPS teacher, and is currently completing a Masters degree in Urban Education Policy Studies.* Op-Ed Fri Sep 07 2012 What's At Stake for Chicago Public Educators? By David Stieber You have undoubtedly heard the news reports, radio attack ads, CPS representatives, the "CEO" of Chicago Public Schools, and the Mayor saying how teachers are walking out on the students if we strike. Parents, students, r... more »
Jersey Jazzman: Why Are Progressives Wrong On Education?
Jersey Jazzman: Why Are Progressives Wrong On Education?: Why Are Progressives Wrong On Education? by Duke Longtime readers know that Digby, proprietor of the blog Hullabaloo, is one of my role models. Aside from being wicked smart, she manages to find just the right mix of snark, wonk, and earnestness in her prose. She's also a shrewd judge of talent: adding David Atkins to her blog is one of the best moves she's ever made. So Digby's endorsement, coupled with Atkins's own volume of work, are more than enough for me to trust his reporting. Why the prelude? Because Atkins wrote a ... more »
Does milk still belong on school lunch menus? | Get Schooled
Does milk still belong on school lunch menus? | Get Schooled: Does milk still belong on school lunch menus? 11:08 am September 8, 2012, by Maureen Downey [image: Schools are finding it tough to ban chocolate milk. (AP Images)] Schools are finding it tough to ban chocolate milk. (AP Images) Does milk still have a place on school menus? The question is provoking debate locally and nationally. And at issue is not just chocolate milk, but plain milk as well. This week, a Decatur schools committee recommended banning chocolate milk in k-3 and phasing it out for grades 4 and up. The school... more »
About that New Chairman of the Florida Board of Education | Scathing Purple Musings
About that New Chairman of the Florida Board of Education | Scathing Purple Musings: About that New Chairman of the Florida Board of Education by Bob Sikes [image: (Photo Source: www.pmrn.fcrr.org)] I missed a subtlety in Leslie Postal’s *Orlando Sentinel *story last month that *StateImpact’s* John O’Connor didn’t. This from Postal’s story about the search for a new commissioner: Applicants to replace Gerard Robinson, who stepped down after a little more than a year on the job, have until Sept. 27 to get their resumes to the search firm, Ray and Associates, Inc. But board member... more »
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's quickie guide for non-teachers
Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rahm's quickie guide for non-teachers: Rahm's quickie guide for non-teachers by Mike Klonsky At Peet's this morning, I'm practically choking on my coffee while reading, "CPS’s How To Guide for workers at strike contingency school" in the Sun-Times. The guide is supposed to be a quickie preparation handbook (are you watching, TFA?) for the gaggle of principals, assistant principals, Central Office Staff and non-CTU employees, as well as yet-to-be-approved scab vendors. and anyone else Brizard can scrape up to man his 144 (don't-call-them-schools) "ho... more »
Amid Protest, Hong Kong Backs Down on ‘Moral Education’ Plan - NYTimes.com
Amid Protest, Hong Kong Backs Down on ‘Moral Education’ Plan - NYTimes.com: Hong Kong Backs Down on ‘Moral Education’ Plan Bobby Yip/Reuters Protesters gathered to demonstrate against the launch of national education outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on Saturday. By KEITH BRADSHERPublished: September 8, 2012 HONG KONG — Faced with tens of thousands of protesters contending that a Beijing-backed plan for “moral and national education” amounted to brainwashing and political indoctrination, Hong Kong’s chief executive backpedaled somewhat on Saturday and revoked a 2015 dead... more »
It’s Okay to Call Racists Racist. « Student Activism
It’s Okay to Call Racists Racist. « Student Activism: It’s Okay to Call Racists Racist. by Angus Johnston I’m a big fan of Jay Smooth’s take on why telling people they’re racist is often counter-productive, but there are moments when *not* calling people racist is indefensible. I just got a heads-up that the student who’s trying to start a White Student Union at Towson University is planning on bringing a guy named Jared Taylor to campus next month. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about Taylor: Taylor believes that white people have their own racial interests, and that it is intel... more »
The Weekly Update: Following the money on everything | Seattle Education
The Weekly Update: Following the money on everything | Seattle Education: The Weekly Update: Following the money on everything by seattleducation2011 *The Weekly Update for the news you might have missed.* For more information on Initiative 1240 go to *No on 1240*. This week all eyes have been on Chicago where representatives of the Chicago Teachers Union are negotiating with the mayor and his appointed school board members: *Selling the Soul of Public Education* *As we traipse through these weeks of conventioning, I know that the my-parents-showed-me-what-hard-work-means tales are g... more »
Looking out from SKYPE « My Island View
Looking out from SKYPE « My Island View: Looking out from SKYPE by tomwhitby SKYPE is an application that allows your image to be broadcast to another computer anywhere in the world. It is great for Skyping authors, experts, or even NASA scientists into a classroom. An entire class can “Skype” with another class anywhere a computer has a feed. The potential for lecture, collaboration and learning is unlimited. I thought it might be interesting to share the Skype experience from the point of view of the presenter. I was fortunate and honored to be asked by the organizers of Edcamp A... more »
Afternoon UPDATE: LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-8-12 Diane Ravitch's blog
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] Advice from a Private School Teacher by dianerav Some people assume that private schools are inherently better than public schools. Not really. They select their students and remove those who don’t meet their demands. One big advantage they have is they are free of meddling politicians. This private school parent gives her views: What He Learned by Studying the History of Education by dianerav David Lentini, a reader in Maine, comments (in response, I promise to do some instruction on this blog about the histo... more »
Cool Cat Teacher Blog
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 09/08/2012 coolcatteacher@gmail.com (Victoria A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher) at Cool Cat Teacher Blog - 5 hours ago - Context and the Calendar: An Introduction to Chronofencing Chronofencing is the principle of delivering contextually important information at the right time. It is like geofencing (triggers of contextual information at a location) but perhaps more useful. Learn to understand this term as it has important implications in education. For example, students can have triggers before leaving school remindi... more »
Missouri Education Watchdog: Local School Districts and States Don't Set School Policies...They're Controlled by the White House.
Missouri Education Watchdog: Local School Districts and States Don't Set School Policies...They're Controlled by the White House.: Local School Districts and States Don't Set School Policies...They're Controlled by the White House. by stlgretchen "The ultimate outcome of Obama’s education scheme will actually be economic: a sweeping redistribution of suburban education funding to the cities". At the link is an article by Stanley Kurtz about how your local and state school boards are useless in the educational direction of the school you support with your local taxes. *Should t... more »
Schools Matter: A Former KIPP Teacher Shares Her Story
Schools Matter: A Former KIPP Teacher Shares Her Story: A Former KIPP Teacher Shares Her Story by Jim Horn *A Former KIPP Teacher Shares Her Story* *Jim Horn* * * Ever since KIPP students were recruited to do a skit at the National Republican Convention in 2000, KIPP has been the darling of venture philanthropists, Wall Street hedge funds, corporate donors like the Fisher family (of Gap fame), and corporate foundations, including the Gates and Walton Foundations. Hundreds of millions of dollars have poured in to the KIPP home office in San Francisco, and tens of millions more are... more »
Judge allows more time for 'complex' charter school fraud case - Philly.com
Judge allows more time for 'complex' charter school fraud case - Philly.com: Judge allows more time for 'complex' charter school fraud case September 07, 2012|By Martha Woodall, Inquirer Staff Writer [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] - - - A U.S. district judge has ruled that a fraud case against charter school mogul Dorothy June Brown and four codefendants is so complex that he will allow more time to begin the criminal trial. In a decision signed Thursday, R. Barclay Surrick said that because of the multiple charges, number of ... more »
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