Notorious Phd on the New Orleans Charter District
It started under Bush,But Duncan Loved It,The City of New Orleans,Told teachers to shove it,When Katrina struck,They brought charters in,With TFA to staff them,Saying students would win,But 9 years later,The schools may be worse,What looked like progress,Is just the reverse.A privatized district,With revolving door staffWhere students with problemsAre thrown out like chaff.
6-5-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: My Personal Journey into Eduction Activism
With A Brooklyn Accent: Why The Charter School Industry Has Become as Big a Threat to Public Education as Common CoreIn many parts of the country, unregulated, Corporate controlled charters are as big a threat to public education as Common Core. They represent crony capitalism at its worst, building on insider deals with politicians to legitimize high CEO salaries, private real estate deals, exemp