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Educational Inequity Is No Accident

Steve Nelson | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Race-to-Nowhere, Race to the Top, White Privilege, Education Equity, Public Education, Charter School, Public Education Reform, Public Education Reform Ny, Education Reform, Income Inequality, Education Reform Ny, Education News

What's good for the goose is evidently not so good for the gander. In America's current educational environment, the disparity of experience is bad and getting worse.

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Modern-Day 'Jim Crow' School Segregation?

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Jim Crow Laws, Charter School Segregation, Charter Schools, Segregation in Schools, Charter School, Jim Crow Segregation, School Segregation, Education News

In a recent interview with Bloomberg, director of the University of Minnesota Law School’s Institute on Race & Poverty Myron Orfield said that char...

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The Courage of Convictions in the Era of NCLB

Shaun Johnson | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, Washington Post, Education Reform, Urban Education, Charter School, Washington DC, Public School, Education News

For all of the fuss over "no excuses" and "accountability," permission is willingly granted for fly-by-night organizations to slap a few bricks onto a side of a building and call it a school.

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WATCH: Students At Urban Prep Targeted By Gangs, Parents Demand Protection

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Video, Gang Violence, Urban Prep, Robbery, Assault, Chicago West Side, Urban Prep Academy, School Violence, Urban Prep Violence, Charter School, Parents, Chicago News

The parents of students at a West Side preparatory school are demanding heightened protection, claiming their children are being targeted and terroriz...

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To Charter or Not to Charter?

Shaun Johnson | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Data, Common Core, Teacher Education, Charter School, Education News

Participation in the charter school movement is possible for someone like me, especially in urban areas where chartered schools are seen as viable alternatives to traditional public education.

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Let Me Tell You About Teach for America

Shaun Johnson | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Tfa, Teach for America, Elementary Education, Nea, Teacher Preparation, Charter School, Education News

I'm trying to be sincere when I question TFA. I just can't see its long-term benefits to education and the teaching profession. Even as a short-term stopgap measure in high-needs areas, I think it's doing more harm to teaching than good.

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Teachers Union Fights Against New Evaluation Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Charter School Management, Education, Antonio Villaraigosa, Injunction, Teacher Evaluation, Education Reform, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Teachers, Charter School, John Deasy, Teacher's Union, Education News

As different districts and states re-imagine the way teachers should be graded, the country's second largest school system has hit a roadblock. Los ...

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Charter School Ruling In Ga. Draws Hundreds Of Protesters

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Georgia Charter Schools, Atlanta, Georgia, Charter Schools, Charter School, Charter School Ruling, Protest, Teacher Protests, Education News

ATLANTA — Hundreds of Georgia charter school parents, students and school administrators are protesting a ruling by the state's highest court th...

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New Bill Would Relax Standards For Texas Recovery Charters

Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Texas Education Agency, Education Reform, Texas Charter Schools, Austin Can Academy, Charter School, Charter School Standards, Education News

When Mansoor Kapasi first began taking his students to chess tournaments, the other parents wondered if they were part of a gang. He said his stude...

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Detroit Turning Schools To Charters To Avoid Closures

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Detroit School District, Robert Bobb, Detroit Public Schools, Charter School, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Detroit, Detroit Charter Schools, Education News

Last month, the state of Michigan charged Robert Bobb, Detroit Public Schools' Emergency Financial Manager, with closing 50 percent of the district's ...

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Teaching as an Art Form

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dcps, Art, Education, Elementary, Teacher Preparation, Mcps, Science, Theory, Profession, Shaun Johnson, Teaching, Charter School, Education News

Even as someone who engages in the more scientific or theoretical aspects of teaching, I start to wonder if we really want to go all in here with this very techno-rational mentality.

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Guest Column: Obama on Education -- A-Plus Values, F-Minus Policies

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Test, President Obama, Arne Duncan, Vedana Vaidhyanathan, Duncan, Central Falls High School, Waiting for Superman, Obama, Patrick Williams, Teacher, Pre-K, Charter School, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, Teach, Miriam Ebsworth, Education, Joshua Eisenstein, Innovation Districts, Value Added, Chris Weigant, Nclb, Standardized Testing, Teaching, Union, Rttt, Education News

Roughly once a year or so, I turn this column space over to a guest author. This usually happens when a point of view is presented to me either in pu...

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2010 in Education: A Bad Year for Antediluvian, Retrograde, Establishment-Defending Hacks

Bob Bowdon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Christie, Waiting for Superman, Education, The Cartel, Teachers Unions, Education Reform, Bob Bowdon, Teacher, Charter School, Education News

If you're a defender of the American public education establishment and an advocate of throwing more money at the problem, 2010 was just an awful year.

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Charter School Enrollment Climbs In Mass.

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON--The number of Massachusetts children attending charter schools has more than doubled in the past decade, reflecting national trends. Charter ...

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WATCH: Bill Cosby Interviews Deborah Kenny On Revolutionary Schools

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Cosby Education, Harlem Village Academy, New York Public School, Deborah Kenny, Bill Cosby, Charter School, New York, Deborah Kenny Education, Education News

Deborah Kenny started the Harlem Village Academy in 2003 after her husband's untimely death left her searching for a new life purpose. The academy h...

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Club Damani, Harambee School: Cafeteria Of Philadelphia Charter School Doubles As Nightclub

AP | By KATHY MATHESON | Posted 02.09.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- Who knew a school cafeteria could be so much fun? A space where hundreds of Philadelphia charter school students have been eating the...

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