Central Office Administrator Admits: "it is almost impossible to get a charter school like KIPP closed"
Posted at Memphis Schools Matter:Since I was recently denied visitation to any of the KIPP schools in Memphis, I have considered a number of strategies that may help get me access. Today I talked with a very nice individual at Central Offices of Shelby County Schools (SCS). I explained that I had been denied the opportunity to visit any of the KIPP campuses for observation purposes and that no r
Weingarten and Van Roekel Represent the Antithesis of Social Justice Unionism
Bob Peterson has in interesting piece at Common Dreams on the need to move teachers' unions toward social justice principles and practices. I could not agree more.However, near the bottom of the piece, Peterson offers this fabrication, or thought disorder, claiming that Weingarten and Van Roekel represent and promote social justice:Support for these types of move towards social justice unionism a
5-26-14 Schools Matter - Jim Crow Rides Again
Schools Matter: Jim Crow Rides AgainFrom Aljazeera America:by Daniel Denvir @danieldenvirThe Supreme Court ruled 60 years ago this May 17 in Brown v. Board of Education that “segregation of white and Negro children in the public schools of a State solely on the basis of race, pursuant to state laws permitting or requiring such segregation,” is unconstitutional.The ruling abolished the explicitly m