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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

9-9-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: What's Wrong With Minneapolis Schools

With A Brooklyn Accent:







What's Wrong With Minneapolis Schools

As someone who has followed events in Minneapolis Schools for some time, I am not surprised by this author's comments. Well financed School Reformers who see Charter Schools and Teach for America as the path to educational equity have dominated school planning in Minneapolis. But having revolving door teaching staffs largely drawn from outside the state have, almost everywhere they have been tried


9-6-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS
With A Brooklyn Accent:Why Charter School Leaders Are Behind Attacks on Teachers Unions and Public SchoolsIf you ever wonder why famous charter school leaders like Eva Moskowitz or Steve Perry don't just run their schools quietly and let the results speak for themselves and instead devote much of their time attacking teachers, teachers unions and public schools, consider this. When the hiring free