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Go Read It: Truthout — Charter Schools Outsource Education to Management Firms, Often With Poor Results

April 12, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Ohio charters managed by a private, for-profit firm are called to account for some $230 million in taxpayer dollars, given that only 2% of schools meet Adequate Yearly Progress as defined under No Child Left Behind. The State of Ohio is having to sue the charter management organization in order to find out where public money was spent.

Filed Under: Cinncinnati, Cleveland/Akron, Federal Policy Tagged With: Charters

Go Listen to It: Kelley Williams-Bolar Speaks to NPR About School Residency Fraud

February 11, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Compare Ohioan Kelley Williams-Bolar’s school residency fraud with that of an affluent suburban Columbus family who didn’t spend any jail time and used the courts to win their sons spots at a desirable school neighboring the district where they actually lived.

Filed Under: Boston, Cleveland/Akron, Orange County, Parents, San Francisco, School Districts Tagged With: Residency fraud

Why We Must Recommit Ourselves to Excellent Public Schools For All

January 31, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Make every existing public school excellent–that’s the only solution.

What’s currently wrong with public education can be summed up by looking at two very local stories that embody in particular what needs fixing in public education. Racial, economic, achievement and other inequalities are playing out through real estate.

Filed Under: Cleveland/Akron, New York City, Parents Tagged With: charter schools

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Quick Education Voter’s Guide to the California CD34 Race, April 4, 2017

There are twenty-three candidates running to fill former Congressman Xavier Bacerra’s seat in Congressional District 34 in Southern California. (Bacerra is currently the state’s Attorney General, replacing Kamala Harris, who, after November 8, 2016, became our US Senator.) Election Day is Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can find your polling […]

Betsy DeVos, #NOTMYSDOE

Take the pledge to #resist and fight for public schools as a public good TODAY. DeVos had to have the assistance of Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented tie-breaking vote in order to win her confirmation. Two GOP Senators voted against, all Democratic Senators voted against. Yet all the other GOP Senators who received campaign donations […]

Next #DemDebate MUST Include K-12 Education Policy

The next #DemDebate is scheduled for the important primary state of Iowa on November 14, 2015. It’ll be broadcast by CBS in partnership with the Des Moines Register. Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig is leading the call for the families of 50 million students K-12 across the nation and the communities they live in to have […]

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