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Monday, July 21, 2014

7-21-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Five Ways to Tell Whether the Charter School Near You Sucks

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Five Ways to Tell Whether the Charter School Near You Sucks

There are some excellent charter schools in NY and around the nation. I am not attacking them. However, all too many charter schools have the following characteristics1. Over paid "CEO's" who take pride in their dictatorial management style.2. Terrorized teacher temps who have no union protection 3. Student disciplinary policies which draw heavily upon shame and humiliation4, Systematic


7-20-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS
With A Brooklyn Accent: New York Now Leads the Way in the Movement Against Common Core- At The Polls  Something truly extraordinary has happened in the New York State Gubernatorial race-something with broad national implications.  A big money Democratic Governor, Andrew Cuomo, who thought he was going to make himself a front runner in the 2016 Presidential Race by ramming through legislation requi