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Julian Vasquez Heilig Debates Howard Fuller about School Choice | Diane Ravitch's blog

Julian Vasquez Heilig Debates Howard Fuller about School Choice | Diane Ravitch's blog:

Julian Vasquez Heilig Debates Howard Fuller about School Choice




Julian Vasquez Heilig, professor at Sacramento State, researcher, and prominent blogger, debates Howard Fuller, leader of BAEO (Black Advocates for Educational Opportunity). BAEO is funded by the Walton Family Foundation, the Bradley Foundation, and other rightwing foundations.
The debate focuses on the recent decision by the NAACP annual conference and by Black Lives Matter to call for a moratorium on new charters, because of the harm done to black communities.
Julian, a leader of the NAACP education division in California, is highly critical of charter schools because of their lack of accountability and their private management; Fuller supports school choice as the best way to help all black children.