Monday, May 24, 2010

My Concerns About Charters| Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

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“Week-In-Review Sites

I’ve just updated The Best “Week In Review” Sites For English Language Learners.
As usual, feel free to suggest additions.

One Week Left For Submissions To The Next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival

The June 1st edition of the next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival will be hosted by Mary Ann Zehr at Learning the Language.
Any blog posts, including examples of student work, that are related to teaching or learning English as a

Global Media Literacy Resources

I’ve just updated another “The Best…” list — The Best Tools To Help Develop Global Media Literacy.
Again, ideas for additions are welcome.

Pirates!


My Concerns About Charters

I’ve previously written about the concerns I have about charter schools (see Charter Schools and Creaming). I can certainly see their value in some circumstances, especially where districts are not being responsive to the needs of local communities. But they are often oversold by some as THE key way to improve schools.
The New York Times Magazine ran an article today titled The Teachers’ Unions Last Stand that — in my mind, at least — had a number of inaccuracies. One of them was an inaccurate comparison of a “regular” public school and a charter school that was described as having the same kind of student population, but the charter students