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YO ARNE! Which is it? Secretary of Education or Commerce
YO ARNE! Which is it? Secretary of Education or CommerceYa gotta choose.... only one!Secretary of EducationSecretary of CommerceOh, I See
Uncommon Schools is Broad Prize Winner #neara13 #RYH4Ed #BATsACT
Uncommon Schools is Broad Prize Winner | U.S. Department of Education: Uncommon Schools is Broad Prize WinnerWED, JULY 3, 2013 10:57 AMUncommon Schools, a network of 32 public charter schools in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — and current grantee of the Office of Innovation and Improvement’s Charter Schools Program (CSP) — is winner of the 2013 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools. Rob
Van Roekel: Only Educator-Led Change Will Improve Student Success #neara13 #RYH4Ed #BATsACT
Van Roekel: Only Educator-Led Change Will Improve Student Success | NEA Today: Van Roekel: Only Educator-Led Change Will Improve Student SuccessJuly 3, 2013 by twalker Filed under Featured News, Top StoriesLeave a CommentIn his keynote address to the 2013 National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly on Wednesday, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel urged the nearly 9,000 delegates to
Mother Crusader: Pitbull Wants To Be Just Like Bill
Mother Crusader: Pitbull Wants To Be Just Like Bill (Cosby, Gates & Clinton): Pitbull Wants To Be Just Like Bill (Cosby, Gates & Clinton)Pitbull opened the 2013 National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Conference with what he referred to as his "first major speech." According to the Washington Post, he was introduced by none other than Fernando Zulueta, President of Academica, the for-
NEA President Calls for 'Student-Centered, Union-Led' Projects - #neara13 #RYH4Ed #BATsACT
NEA President Calls for 'Student-Centered, Union-Led' Projects - Teacher Beat - Education Week: NEA President Calls for 'Student-Centered, Union-Led' ProjectsBy Stephen Sawchuk on July 3, 2013 1:09 PMAtlantaIn his keynote address today, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel called on his members to engage in "student-centered, union-led" efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning in their s
Diane in the Evenig 7-3-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Arne Duncan’s Speech to the National Charter School ConferenceValerie Strauss posted Secretary Duncan’s speech to the charter schools conference, without comment. This is the same conference where the foul-mouthed, misogynistic rapper Pitbull was also a keynote speaker. I am tempted to raise many questions–about the predatory pract
Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools, Pitbull, & Money, Money, Money
Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools, Pitbull, & Money, Money, Money: Charter Schools, Pitbull, & Money, Money, Moneyby DukeUPDATE: Mother Crusader has started a petition calling for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to cancel his appearance at NAPCS.I want, I need, I like to getMoney, money, money, moneyI want, I need, I like to getMoney, money, money, I like"Juicebox" by Armando "Pitbull" Pe
GPS Network will aid in NEA’s efforts to Lead the Professions #neara13 #RYH4Ed #BATsACT
GPS Network: About the GPS Network The Great Public Schools (GPS) Network will serve as a tool to aid in NEA’s efforts to Lead the Professions. Through the GPS Network online, members will be able to communicate and address common core standards, educational leadership, and other key educational issues. NEA Focusing on Student SuccessThe purpose of the GPS Network is to develop a network of NEA
With A Brooklyn Accent: Message of Support from Diane Ravitch to the Badass Teachers Association
With A Brooklyn Accent: Message of Support from Diane Ravitch to the Badass Teachers Association: Message of Support from Diane Ravitch to the Badass Teachers AssociationDear Members of the Badass Teachers Association,I am honored to join your group.The best hope for the future of our society, of public education, and of the education profession is that people stand up and resist.Say "no." Say it
Rapper Pitbull Opening a Miami Charter School Run by a Company Making $158M in Annual Revenue
We Party Patriots » Rapper Pitbull Opening a Miami Charter School Run by a Company Making $158M in Annual Revenue: Rapper Pitbull Opening a Miami Charter School Run by a Company Making $158M in Annual RevenueMeet your new charter school owner, privatizers! An example of the dangers of the charterization of schools comes to us from Miami, Florida where rapper Pitbull (neé Armando Perez), has opened
Update: American Class Schedule 2014
AMERICAN CLASS SCHEDULE 2014 Upper ClassMiddle ClassMY PLACE Proudly Sponsered byIn YOUR Neighborhood Sooner than you Think!!!
Badass Teacher (BAT) Association
Badass Teacher (BAT) Association: BadassTeacher (BAT) AssociationThis association is for every teacher who refuses to be blamed for the failure of our society to erase poverty and inequality, and refuses to accept assessments, tests and evaluations imposed by those who have contempt for real teaching and learning...Join Us!!Book of the Month - July 2013Suggested by BAT Member: Adenia LinkerVideo o
Randi and I to Arne: Please Intervene to Save Public Schools in Philadelphia | Diane Ravitch's blog
Randi and I to Arne: Please Intervene to Save Public Schools in Philadelphia | Diane Ravitch's blog: Randi and I to Arne: Please Intervene to Save Public Schools in Philadelphiaby dianeravSave Public Schools in Philadelphia Last Friday, Randi Weingarten and I wrote a letter to Secretary Arne Duncan, urging his immediate, public intervention to save public education in Philadelphia and to protect t
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The Charter Mindset Shift: From Conflict to Co-Conspirators | U.S. Department of Education
The Charter Mindset Shift: From Conflict to Co-Conspirators | U.S. Department of Education: The Charter Mindset Shift: From Conflict to Co-ConspiratorsSecretary Arne Duncan's Remarks to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools 2013 "Delivering On the Dream" conferenceJULY 2, 2013Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov A lot has changed since I spoke here four years ago. I wan
For-profit schools blamed for denigration of Sweden’s school system | The Raw Story
For-profit schools blamed for denigration of Sweden’s school system | The Raw Story: For-profit schools blamed for denigration of Sweden’s school system Twenty years after Sweden’s school system opened the door for independent profit-making schools and expanded parents’ choice, sliding results have the leftist opposition saying the system is a textbook example of privatisation gone wrong.In 1992,
Jersey Jazzman: Does DFER Support Pitbull-Zulueta Values?
Jersey Jazzman: Does DFER Support Pitbull-Zulueta Values?: Does DFER Support Pitbull-Zulueta Values?+TAGKevin P. Chavous is the board chair of Democrats For Education Reform and a staunch reformy-type, proudly working with politicians on both sides of the aisle to bring "choice" to public schools. Chavous has written before about how concerned he is with women's rights:Every day in this country, s
Jersey Jazzman: Pitbull and Walmart: Selling Charters & Caffeine Shots!
Jersey Jazzman: Pitbull and Walmart: Selling Charters & Caffeine Shots!: Pitbull and Walmart: Selling Charters & Caffeine Shots!by DukeI swear, I couldn't make this stuff up:Today, the misogynist rapper Pitbull gave the opening speech at the 2013 National Charter Schools Conference. Pitbull is "founding" a charter in Miami that will be managed by the for-profit company Academica, which has
NEA - Raise Your Hand
NEA - Raise Your Hand: Raise Your Hand for Public EducationEmpowering Educators to LeadPin ItOn July 2, the National Education Association will be launching a new campaign to help educators across the nation become the leaders in a national movement for public education. Are you on Facebook? You canRSVP to this event there.Not in Atlanta? That's ok, we will be livestreaming the Raise Your Hand day
Explaining Corbett's school funding plan | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Explaining Corbett's school funding plan | Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Explaining Corbett's school funding planby Dale MezzacappaFollowing, in question-and-answer format, is an attempt to explain the components of the School District's funding package presented Sunday by Gov. Corbett.What sources of new money does the governor’s plan include?For this year, it includes $45 million in a on
by PL Thomas – Backward or forward, this story is ugly. “No excuses” and the new paternalism themselves are classist and racist – ways in which the middle class and affluent allow “other people’s children” to be treated, but not their own – yet the larger faith in the Invisible Hand is the ugliest part ...read moreThe post Charter Schools, the Invisible Hand, and Gutless Political Leadership | Tru
Coalition’s suit challenges state’s charter-schools law
A coalition led by the state teachers union filed a long-awaited challenge to the constitutionality of charter schools on Wednesday, turning to the courts after state voters narrowly approved the schools on supporters’ fourth attempt last November.
The pounding of thunder outside the Atlanta convention center was so loud it could be heard inside the room where 7,000 delegates and 3,000 non-delegates met in the first large session of the RA. From the preliminaries I was concerned that a push by the national leadership and President Dennis Van Roekel of the Common Core standards would cause a big unfortunate fight. I had written earlier about
Over the last few months, the louder critics of the Common Core learning standards have associated the initiative with varying degrees of evil: vampires, zombies, brain tracking, Hitler. In a Washington, D.C. speech to the American Society of News Editors Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is expected to add one more to the list. "Traditionally, this event has been an opportunity f
Pitbull Speech at Ntl Charter Schools Convention - The Remix
The rapper Pitbull gave the opening speech at the 2013 National Charter Schools Convention this past week. He came to the podium to the strains of his hit, "Feel This Moment." Given the background of Pitbull and his partners in his new charter school, SLAM, that just didn't feel right. In the tradition of hip-hop, I therefore present this remix. Sit back, ingest a dangerous amount of caffeine, an
United for Public Schools #HerePastJune. #neara13 #RYH4Ed #BATsACT
United for Public Schools: School’s out, but teachers are #HerePastJuneSHARE:facebooktwitterPosted by admin | July 1, 2013 | Category: actions, teacher activism | Write CommentBy now, most public schools are out of session for the summer. But upstate New York teacher Don Carlisto says you wouldn’t know it to look at the faculty parking lot at his school.“The lot’s still full of teachers’ cars,” Ca
Highway to Hell - A Salute to National Charter Schools Conference
Got Choice? Ubetcha!
Celebrating National Charter Schools Conference
National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Group: 1 in 5 charter schools not doing well enough to stay open
A group that oversees more than half of the nation's 5,600 charter schools said
as many as one in five U.S. charter schools should be shut down because of
poor academic performance.
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019784379_charterschools29.html
as many as one in five U.S. charter schools should be shut down because of
poor academic performance.
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019784379_charterschools29.html
CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS
A compilation of news articles about charter schools which have been charged with, or are highly suspected of, tampering with admissions, grades, attendance and testing; misuse of funds and embezzlement; engaging in nepotism and conflicts of interest; engaging in complicated and shady real estate deals; and/or have been engaging in other questionable, unethical, borderline-legal, or illegal activities. This is also a record of charter school instability and other unsavory tidbits.
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