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Thursday, September 25, 2014

9-25-14 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter:







Aspire Charter Schools: Busing to Maintain Segregation
When parents showed up last week to enroll their children at the Aspire (Coleman) charter school in Memphis, they were told there were no more seats, due to plans to expand next year to take in 6th grade.  Even if there were no expansion plans, you can't have too many children of parents who weren't there months ago to squeal with delight at the prospect of getting their children into a new segreg






9-24-14 Schools Matter All Week
Schools Matter: Teacher Preparation Matters for Teacher Attritionfrom Ingersoll, Merrill, and May (2014), available here:2 by Jim Horn / 1h 9-23-14 Schools Matter All WeekSchools Matter: New NC Standards Commission Headed by IBM Offshoring Expert and Tea Party DarlingFrom WRAL:IBM executive Andre Peek of Wake County and longtime Forsyth County school board member Jeannie Metcalf were named co-chai