by admin | Apr 17, 2013 | Education
This week The Nation took the struggle to keep Canter Leadership Academy open nationwide. While it’s a great boost for the community fighting to keep it open, it also should heighten the debate about public education and corporate school reform. As I pointed out...
by admin | Apr 10, 2013 | Education, Uncategorized
The first comment Rahm Emmanuel had about school closings was that he wasn’t going to get pulled into name-calling and “schoolyard taunts.” The intent of that was to further polarize the city by throwing it back to Chicago Teacher’s Union...
by admin | Apr 5, 2013 | Chicago News, Education
Note: This post was from February25, 2013 How hypocritical is it that CPS says that school closings have nothing to do with charter schools – yet the Walton Family Foundation (who have made CPS the largest recipient of funds for charter schools in their massive...
by admin | Jan 29, 2013 | Education, Uncategorized
On Monday, the U.S.. Department of Education confirmed it will investigate complaints that school closings are discriminating against black and hispanic students and students with disabilities, the New York Times reports. While the Philadelphia city council just voted...
by admin | Dec 11, 2012 | Chicago News, Education, Uncategorized
“I wish we had more demand. I wish we had a lot more parents … demanding a world-class education—not just on the policy side, but on the advocacy side.” – Arne Duncan, Education Week I have to wonder sometimes if I’m on the same...
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