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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Diane in the Evening 2-23-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Goliath Collects Millions in Los Angeles Race

Monica Garcia is president of the Los Angeles school board and Superintendent John Deasy ‘s strong supporter in Los Angeles. He supports charter schools and evaluating teacgers by test scores. Los Angeles has more charters than any other city in the nation. They have little supervision. They get public money to do as they please (in reformer-speak, that is called “innovation”).
Garcia’s friends do not want to take any chances.
Here are the latest campaign contribution reports. They do not include Mayor Bloomberg’s $1 million or Michelle Rhee’s $250,000 or other gifts from big-time corporate interests.
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Parent: Public Schools Worked for My Children

A reader posted this comment:
My children did go to the local public school. The percentage of Title I students has grown at the neighborhood school. We are still living in the same house since 1977. My neighborhood was once considered middle class. Not now. So, no I did not send my kids to charters or private schools. My oldest son and middle daughter did great in public school. The youngest struggled with focusing due to ADHD. He did okay until high school. We 


LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 2-23-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] The Great Texas Mirage (er, “Miracle”) Debunked by dianerav Jason Stanford is an Austin-based writer who has come to understand the sham of the Texas accountability system. He knows that there is an old tradition in Texas called “brags.” Back in 2000, a candidate for the presidency named George W. Bush bragged about Why Send Teachers with Least Preparation to Neediest Districts? by dianerav Sarah Darer Littman writes regularly about education for Connecticut med... more »