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Friday, October 1, 2010

Local charter schools like Harlem Success is big business as millions are poured into marketing

Local charter schools like Harlem Success is big business as millions are poured into marketing

Local charter schools like Harlem Success is big business as millions are poured into marketing

JUAN GONZALEZ - NEWS

Friday, October 1st 2010, 4:00 AM

Awaiting results at Harlem Success charter lottery.
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Awaiting results at Harlem Success charter lottery.

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The image of hundreds of black and Latino parents packed in an auditorium desperately hoping their child would "win" the lottery and get into a local charter school has assumed mythic status in media reports on education reform.

Two new two documentaries, "The Lottery" and "Waiting for Superman," made such events the emotional climax of their narratives. The former centered on Harlem Success, the charter network Schools Chancellor Joel Klein hails when he points to the demand for more charter schools.

But a Daily News review of Harlem Success financial reports suggests the network's huge backlog of applicants is the result of a carefully crafted Madison Ave.-style promotional campaign.

In the two-year period between July 2007 and June 2009, Harlem Success spent $1.3 million to market itself to the Harlem



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This Week In Education: Video: Obama Bores Sleep-Deprived Student

This Week In Education: Video: Obama Bores Sleep-Deprived Student

Video: Obama Bores Sleep-Deprived Student

by Alexander Russo

This is open-mouth yawn from a student either an argument for better parenting, later high school start times, better teacher training (to keep students awake), or ... really bad advance staff work from the Obama team:

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Rise & Shine: District schools top charters on progress grades | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: District schools top charters on progress grades | GothamSchools

Rise & Shine: District schools top charters on progress grades

by Maura Walz
  • Most schools got lower grades on this year’s progress reports. (GothamSchools, Times, NY1, WSJ)
  • On average, charter schools got lower grades than traditional public schools. (Post)
  • Still, just 5 percent of schools got D’s or F’s. (Daily News)
  • Manhattan’s PS 366 was one of only 22 schools to see a higher grade this year. (Post)
  • The teachers union’s Brooklyn charter school saw one of the largest score declines. (Post)
  • Harlem Success spent $1.3 million over two years on marketing, Juan Gonzalez writes. (Daily News)
  • Eva Moskowitz: The city needs more law changes to let charter schools grow. (Daily News)
  • After negative publicity, PS 95 in Queens will let a kindergartener go to class. (Daily News)
  • More districts are starting to use Singapore math, which favors understanding over skills. (Times)
  • Readers write that it’s wrong to connect Brockton High School’s turnaround to its size. (Times)
  • Louisville, Ky., has replaced its rejected integration plan with new ways to mix students. (USA Today)
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In Memoriam: Rigoberto Ruelas - Perdaily.com

In Memoriam: Rigoberto Ruelas - Perdaily.com

n Memoriam: Rigoberto Ruelas

by Leonard
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(en español después) I went to Rigoberto Ruelas's service Wednesday night at the Catholic Church because I wanted to physically be there to show solidarity with his family and community. I also went as another victim of LAUSD's administrative treachery curious for insights into what could have possible pushed a passionately vibrant 29 year old teacher to take his own life.

What I found was the image of an honest and engaged teacher related in the stories told by family, friends, colleagues, and students who described a man who was everything that LAUSD is not. He always had time and found resources for everyone and tried to inspire his students with a love for education.

What I came away with was the sense of a man who was so honest he could not image that LAUSD had set him up in a no win situation where the grinding daily cost of even the moderate gains he could make dealing with newly arrived ESL students, without getting the financial and administrative support he needed, made true
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Eduwonk � Blog Archive � Odds, Ends, Edujobs

Eduwonk � Blog Archive � Odds, Ends, Edujobs
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

“Where I Stand” (Sabrina) � Failing Schools

“Where I Stand” (Sabrina) � Failing Schools

“Where I Stand” (Sabrina)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
by Sabrina

“Where I Stand” (A School Reform Survey)

Name & role: Sabrina, 4th/5th grade teacher & community activist

What “reform” means to me, and why I think it’s important: I think reform should be an ongoing process of making sure what’s happening in schools matches our ideals (fairness, justice) and helps students be productive members of society. I think it’s important to understand how our school system works, and build on what works well, instead of assuming that it is wholly “broken”. Almost all of us attend public schools, so what goes on in schools is very important.

Where I Stand on…

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Just 5% of city's elementary/middle schools got Ds and Fs this year in new progress reports

Just 5% of city's elementary/middle schools got Ds and Fs this year in new progress reports

Just 5% of city's elementary/middle schools got Ds and Fs this year in new progress reports

BY MEREDITH KOLODNER AND RACHEL MONAHAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Thursday, September 30th 2010, 6:34 PM

Despite plummeting state test scores, just 5% of elementary and middle schools got D's and F's after the Ed. Dept. cut schools a break that prevented their grades from plunging further.
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Despite plummeting state test scores, just 5% of elementary and middle schools got D's and F's after the Ed. Dept. cut schools a break that prevented their grades from plunging further.

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Despite plummeting state test scores, just 5% of elementary and middle schools got tarred with D's and F's on the city's progress reports this year.

That's because the city Education



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Schools Matter: The Corporate Oligarchy's Mis-Education Nation 2010: Review #2 of Microsoft-NBC's Coverage

Schools Matter: The Corporate Oligarchy's Mis-Education Nation 2010: Review #2 of Microsoft-NBC's Coverage

The Corporate Oligarchy's Mis-Education Nation 2010: Review #2 of Microsoft-NBC's Coverage

by Jim Horn
Conservative pundit, John Merrow weighs in on the all-out corporate blitzkrieg against public education on Microsoft-NBC. From a post at HuffPo:
. . . Which brings me to Education Nation, the extravaganza hosted by NBC and broadcast on NBC and MSNBC. It had it all: good, bad and ugly.

You probably know the basics: a huge commitment by NBC to cover 'the crisis in public education.' Everyone got into the act: Matt Lauer and the President on the Today Show, David Gregory on Meet the Press on Sunday, and Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan seemingly dropped everything to be on hand. On Monday he
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N.J. Senate committee to issue subpoenas to get ex-commissioner Bret Shundler to testify about Race to the Top error | NJ.com

N.J. Senate committee to issue subpoenas to get ex-commissioner Bret Shundler to testify about Race to the Top error | NJ.com

N.J. Senate committee to issue subpoenas to get ex-commissioner Bret Shundler to testify about Race to the Top error

Published: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 7:01 PM Updated: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 7:01 PM
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race-to-the-top-subpoena.jpgChris Pedota /The RecordThe Assembly Appropriations Commitee meeting takes testimony from individuals involved in the state's application for Race to the Top funding. Acting Dept. of Education Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks during her testimony.
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TRENTON — A state Senate committee today voted to issue subpoenas to compel former education commissioner Bret Schundler and a consultant to testify at a hearing about New Jersey's failed application for federal "Race to the Top" education funding.

The Senate Legislative Oversight Committee voted to call Schundler, fired by the governor in August, and the CEO of consultant Wireless Generation to fill in gaps about how the state fumbled its chance at up to $400

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At NBC’s education week, select teachers taught “live” lessons | GothamSchools

At NBC’s education week, select teachers taught “live” lessons | GothamSchools

At NBC’s education week, select teachers taught “live” lessons

by Elizabeth Green
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Joseph Almeida, a sixth grade math teacher at KIPP Infinity, taught a lesson to adults at Rockefeller Center.

Among the mix of pages, chancellors, and mayors at NBC’s “Education Nation” outdoor museum at Rockefeller Center this week were a cadre of teachers from around the country who taught live “lessons” to the general

Most schools’ grades drop as city releases report cards

by Anna Phillips

The percentage of elementary and middle schools to get A’s on their city-issued report cards fell this year from 84 to 25 percent — a drop precipitated by more students failing the exams and the city grading schools on a curve.

Of the city’s 1,140 elementary and middle schools, 35 percent (396 schools) received B’s, 35 (398 schools) got C’s, 4 percent (49 schools) got D’s and 1 percent (8 schools) got F’s. More schools scored low enough to get failing grades, but their final marks were buoyed by city officials’ decision to limit the amount by which a school’s

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