Thursday, January 19, 2012

Grumpy Educators: U.S. House of Representatives Consider Education Bills

Grumpy Educators: U.S. House of Representatives Consider Education Bills:

U.S. House of Representatives Consider Education Bills

by Sandra


U.S. House of Representatives Consider Education Bills

Parents, community members, and taxpayers are researching, analyzing, discussing, and sharing information. Interest and understanding of the issues are increasing daily.


Below is one such analysis of three pieces of education legislation in the U.S. House.


Read the information, share it, discuss it, and form an opinion, and let your U.S. Congressman know what you think.




H.R. 2218 Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act
The Student Success Act
Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act


H.R. 2218 Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act
http://edworkforce.house.gov/UploadedFiles/HR_2218_Bill_Summary.pdf


Currently, under ESEA, competitive grants have been awarded states or charter school developers to provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools, and support the financing of charter school facilities. H.R.2218 will streamline and modernize the Charter
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NOLA charter schools: favoritism with community & parents shut out « Parents Across America

NOLA charter schools: favoritism with community & parents shut out « Parents Across America:

NOLA charter schools: favoritism with community & parents shut out

by leoniehaimson


Karran Harper Royal, long time parent advocate and one of the founding members of Parents Across America – New Orleans, reports from the front lines of school privatization, where already 75 percent of the public schools have been converted to charters, and possibly all the remaining public schools run by the Recovery School District will be charters within two years:
I’ve been in so many meetings day and night with various community groups fighting off Recovery School District Superintendent John White and charter school vultures.

Several local communities have applied for and have been denied charters for their community schools. This process began shortly after Hurricane Katrina, when several of us attempted to be part of the reforms coming to our city with the state takeover of our the majority of our
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solidaridad: The struggle to save LAUSD's adult education program

solidaridad: The struggle to save LAUSD's adult education program:

The struggle to save LAUSD's adult education program

by Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene
Anyone interested in the struggle to save the program, can contact me. We are holding a strategy meeting Friday, January 20, 2012.

First published on Schools Matter


"I'm an adult ed teacher, and I just want to say thanks to those of you outside of adult ed who understand the importance of what we do, and are willing to stand with us as we fight to survive this year. When I go back to work tomorrow morning and greet my class full of ADULTS studying basic math, GED prep, and high school subjects, I will feel better knowing that you who work in K-12 understand the importance of what we do for families and communities. Parents who can't read or do arithmetic can't help their kids learn." — Michelle Cohen

Join the struggle to save LAUSD's adult education programsFrom regular high school students in need of credit recovery, to students
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