Education Research Report: LATINO AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS

Education Research Report: LATINO AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS

LATINO AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS

by Jonathan Kantrowitz

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A joint report released today by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and NCLR (National Council of La Raza) examines how charter schools are improving educational outcomes for a growing number of Latino and English language learner (ELL) students. The report, Next Generation Charter Schools: Meeting the Needs of Latinos and English Language Learners, assesses the role of charter schools in the education of Latinos and ELLs and reviews state charter school policies that create a recipe for positive results, as well as those that can unintentionally hinder effective instruction.

Next Generation Charter Schools profiles four high-performing charter schools: El Sol Science and Arts Academy in Santa Ana, California; Raul Yzaguirre School for Success in Houston, Texas; YES Prep Gulfton in Houston, Texas; and International Charter School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The report examines the best

The Million Father March 2010

The Million Father March 2010
The Black Star Project
Founded in 1996 by Phillip Jackson

Harlem up in arms over new charter school planned near St. Nicholas Houses

Harlem up in arms over new charter school planned near St. Nicholas Houses

JUAN GONZALEZ - NEWS

Friday, September 3rd 2010, 4:00 AM

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Another battle has erupted in Harlem over a charter school.

Hundreds of residents from the St. Nicholas Houses signed petitions in recent days urging the federal government to reject City Hall's plan to start construction this year on a new $100-million home for the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy on land that belongs to St. Nicholas.

"We're going to court to seek an injunction against the project," said resident Alexanderia Blair, a leader of the 129th Street Preservation Group, one of two organizations opposing the city's plans.

Opponents say the New York City Housing Authority and Department of Education ignored their concerns that the proposed 130,000-square-foot building, which will serve 1,300 children from K-to-12, would displace a large children's playground and two community gardens.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2010/09/03/2010-09-03_battle_easy_as_abc_charter_school_site_sparks_row_in_harlem.html#ixzz0yUTR6kP1

DC Council chairman has legitimate shot at unseating incumbent Fenty in Washington mayor race | San Francisco Examiner

DC Council chairman has legitimate shot at unseating incumbent Fenty in Washington mayor race | San Francisco Examiner

DC Council chairman has legitimate shot at unseating incumbent Fenty in Washington mayor race

By: JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press
09/02/10 4:30 PM PDT

Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty, right, joins his campaigners outside a Washington polling center, during an early voting Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Early voting for the September primary election in Washington began Monday with a number of changes for voters, including new voting machines that create a paper record and more lenient registration procedures. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

WASHINGTON — The man who runs Washington is in danger of losing his job in a hotly contested election, but the post that's up for grabs isn't president. It's mayor.

The winner of the election will have to deal with the city's serious problems: high poverty rates, high unemployment and epidemic numbers of people with HIV or AIDS. And because Congress oversees the city there's always an extra layer of bureaucracy.

"The mayor of the District of Columbia is a governor, a county executive and a mayor all in one," said former Mayor Marion Barry, who ran the city from 1979 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. "It's an excruciatingly difficult job ... A lot of the solutions to your problems are out of your control."

This year's contest has turned unusually nasty, with accusations flying between the two Democratic front-runners: Mayor Adrian Fenty, who is seeking a second four-year term, and Vincent Gray, chairman of the 13-member D.C. Council. Still, the

Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/politics/ap/dc-council-chairman-has-legitimate-shot-at-unseating-incumbent-fenty-in-washington-mayor-race-102110809.html#ixzz0yURd3in6

Ex-education chief Bret Schundler wants apology from Gov. Christie | NJ.com

Ex-education chief Bret Schundler wants apology from Gov. Christie | NJ.com

Ex-education chief Bret Schundler wants apology from Gov. Christie

Published: Friday, September 03, 2010, 12:33 PM Updated: Friday, September 03, 2010, 12:36 PM

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Aden Stevens/For The Star-LedgerFormer education chief Bret Schundler at his home in Jersey City Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 .

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TRENTON — A week after he was fired, New Jersey’s former education commissioner says he isn’t considering taking legal action over his termination.

However, in an e-mail to The Associated Press, Bret Schundler says he would like an apology.

Schundler was fired Aug. 27 after it was revealed that an embarrassing error in a grant application may have cost the state $400 million in federal aid.

Gov. Chris Christie says he ousted

NYC Public School Parents: Yong Zhao on how our global competitiveness will be damaged by the US government's imposition of high stakes testing

NYC Public School Parents: Yong Zhao on how our global competitiveness will be damaged by the US government's imposition of high stakes testing

Yong Zhao on how our global competitiveness will be damaged by the US government's imposition of high stakes testing

by Leonie Haimson

Just as the federal government has announced the awarding of $330 million to two consortiums so that they can develop new national exams, it is more important than ever that people check out this video of one of our best critics of high stakes testing, Yong Zhao.

Zhao is University Distinguished Professor of Education at Michigan State University, where he also serves as

Thoughts on Public Education | Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy

Thoughts on Public Education | Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy

L.A. Times reporters explain series

They defend publishing data on teachers
John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
September 3, 2010

Los Angeles Times reporter Jason Felch and education director Beth Shuster got a grilling Thursday from other news reporters and gave some surprisingly undefensive answers to questions about their series Grading the Teachers during an hour-long call-in for Education Writers Association members.
They gave a straightforward account of the behind-the-scenes decision to publish a database rating [...]

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Edujobs won’t be budget hostage

Districts to get 2 years to spend $1.2 billion
John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
September 2, 2010

Republicans and Democrats went through the motions of rejecting each other’s budgets Tuesday, leaving school districts still no closer, weeks into the new year, to knowing how much state money they’ll be getting this year.
But at least they can count on $1.2 billion in federal dollars coming their way soon. Before calling it quits, the [...]

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Welcome to EdGuess2.0: TOP-Ed

New voices to add perspectives on education
John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
September 1, 2010

Don’t touch that dial. You got it right.
Welcome to the debut of Topics On Public Education or TOP-Ed, a forum on California education policy and the successor to Educated Guess. Besides a new banner and url – http://toped.svefoundation.org — followers of my blog will see that we’ve made room for more voices and new features. [...]

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Kindergarten to shift to Sept. 1 start

4-year-olds to attend transitional kindergarten
John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
September 1, 2010

After more than a dozen failed efforts over two decades, the Legislature has finally changed the start date of kindergarten from Dec. 2 to Sept. 1 for 5-year olds. Sen. Joe Simitian’s SB 1381 also establishes a transitional kindergarten for the 4-year-olds displaced by the earlier start date.
The bill squeaked by with only one vote [...]

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No layoff help for troubled schools

Steinberg vows to fight on for poor schools
John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
September 1, 2010

Low-performing schools will remain vulnerable next year to layoffs that may decimate their teaching staffs.
Democrats, Republicans and silent voices on Tuesday defeated SB 691 (formerly SB 1285), which would have prohibited disproportionate teacher layoffs in roughly the state’s third poorest-performing schools. The bill failed to make it to the Assembly floor after it was defeated [...]

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