Bye-Bye Ben Chavis
Diane Ravitch reports the latest news about one of the darlings of the reformy, Ben Chavis:
Politicians and pundits flicked to the school to sing its praises and to heap honor and recognition on Ben Chavis, its leader. Chavis flaunted his “no excuses” style and his disdain for liberal softies. His schools had some of the highest scores in the state so it was hard to argue with success.
As the media took turns lionizing Chavis, they failed to notice that he had managed to lose the American Indians and to tilt the enrollment heavy towards Asians.
But Chavis encountered another problem last year when an audit revealed that some $3.8 million