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Charters are publicly funded but privately managed and, like most privately run businesses, the schools prefer to avoid transparency in their operations.” – Bobbi Murray / Capital and Main In the past five years, the LAUSD Board had denied nine charter renewals while renewing at least 162. The charter industry, therefore, considered the Board to […]
Click here for reuse options!“Closed Session…significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: 1 Case” -El Camino Real Alliance Board Meeting Agenda A surefire way to rile up a charter advocate is to compare charters to “public schools”. In response, they will claim that “Charters [SIC] schools are public schools.” While […]
Click here for reuse options!Placate: “to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures” -Dictionary.com Executive Director Brian Bauer’s response to my inquiry fit a pattern that has become distressingly familiar. During my inspection of documents requested under the California Public Records Act, Bauer’s assistant had told me that, under Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) policy, I […]
Click here for reuse options!“…let me be really honest. I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.” — Arne Duncan The absolute worst education President, and Secretary of Education in U.S. history. For Immediate Release: May 13, 2015Contact: Madison Donzis, madison@fitzgibbonmedia.com, 210.488.6220 New Report Exposes Holes in Louisiana’s Charter School Program and Millions […]
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