KIPP Uses Funds Shortage As Excuse to Shut Two Galveston Schools
Having collected hundreds of millions of federal grants, public education dollars, and tax-exempt philanthrocapitalist cash, KIPP Inc. is the richest corporate charter chain in the world.Yet when Galveston Schools finally decided it was unfair to give KIPP $1.5 million more per year than it does for the same number of its public schools, KIPP decided that the public teat is no longer fat enough to
Two Decades Is Enough to Show Value-Added Is a Scam
by Joey Garrison at The Tennessean:Tennessee’s largest teachers union has turned against the policy of including student learning gains in the evaluation of teachers, a flip that shows its growing discomfort with a major Race to the Top reform.When Tennessee applied for $501 million in federal Race to the Top funds in 2010, a critical part in landing the coveted grant was that competing stakeholde
2-5-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: De Blasio: Not Just Another BullshitterIt has to feel like Spring in New York in the middle of a snowstorm: a progressive mayor elected to serve the people that Wall Street predators and casino capitalists forgot. From DNAInfo New York:". . . . De Blasio sparked a political showdown earlier this month by rejecting Cuomo's offer to provide $1.5 billion for universal pre-K acr