Schools Matter: NCLB Waivers Allow Hostile Corporate Takeovers of Schools

Schools Matter: NCLB Waivers Allow Hostile Corporate Takeovers of Schools:

NCLB Waivers Allow Hostile Corporate Takeovers of Schools

by Jim Horn

Thanks to Stan Karp for this compilation:

Lawmakers seek to end N.J. takeover of schools

The Record

Paterson would gain control of its public school system for the first time in 21 years under legislation introduced by Democrats that also would limit future state takeovers to five years, lawmakers announced Friday. "It's time for the state to admit that the prolonged takeover of a local school district is a failed experiment, and it's time to return the school districts that have languished under state control back to the people in those school districts," said state Sen. Ronald Rice, D-Essex, who has sponsored the bill with Nellie Pou, D-North Haledon.

N.J. education advocates to Duncan: State's waiver plan is a disaster.

Darcie Cimarusti, NewsWorks

Regional Achievement Centers (RACs) have been set up all over the state, with some of the funding coming from private donors such as the Broad Foundation, to oversee and "turn around" the Priority and Focus Schools, and potentially take over the management of the schools that don't improve within the two year time limit.

School Shutdowns Trigger Growing Backlash

Education Week (subscription required)

As school closures are increasingly used as a remedy to budget woes and a solution to failing schools in many cities, debates are intensifying about their effect on student performance and well-being, on district finances,