Parents Mobilize Against Rocketship Charter Expansion in San Jose, Home of Their 1st Charter
Go to the following web page to observe the efforts of the community where Rocketship started its first charter school. Hundreds of families have protested their expansion.
Following is letter sent to me from San Jose parents:
Mr. Miller,
We are a community in San Jose California, at ground zero of the Rocketship expansion. We’ve appreciated your blog entries on Rocketship’s intended growth in MPS. The first Rocketship school, Rocketship Mateo Sheedy is located in our community, as is a new Rocketship school, Rocketship Alma Academy. There is now a plan to build a third Rocketship school in our small 8 block community. At first, we were fans of Rocketship, but as time has passed, we’ve grown extremely concerned about how it’s dominated our community, created deep divisions, and hurt our public school community.
We are looking to partner nationally with folks who have similar concerns. If you have anything you’d like to share or contribute to our website, please pass it along, we’d love to include your thoughts.
Regards,
StopRocketShip editorial staff.
Following is a blog posting by Diane Ravitch:
The Rocketship charter chain is known for replacing teachers with computers, relying on Teach for America to cut costs, and eliminating the arts to have more time for test prep |
