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Question of the Week (Decade?): Are Charter Schools Better? - SchoolBook - 0 views

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    "Are charters really doing a better job educating the city's public school students than the traditional public schools? That was the question of the week, after state test scores came out on Tuesday showing not only far greater proficiency in English and math by third through eighth graders who attend the city's charters, but also far more improvement this year."
NYC Teachers

For Detroit Schools, Hope for the Hopeless - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Nor have charters been the answer. Charter school students score about the same on state tests as Detroit district students, even though charters have fewer special education students (8 percent versus 17 percent in the district) and fewer poor children (65 percent get subsidized lunches versus 82 percent at district schools). It’s hard to know whether children are better off under these “reforms” or they’re just being moved around more.
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    "Nor have charters been the answer. Charter school students score about the same on state tests as Detroit district students, even though charters have fewer special education students (8 percent versus 17 percent in the district) and fewer poor children (65 percent get subsidized lunches versus 82 percent at district schools). It's hard to know whether children are better off under these "reforms" or they're just being moved around more."
NYC Teachers

Choosing Democracy: Hedge Funds and Charter Schools - 0 views

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    Juan Goonzalez on the connections between charters and Wall Street
sethrader

'Class Warfare' Ignites Class Debate - SchoolBook - 0 views

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    "On Monday, Michael Winerip, education columnist for The New York Times, weighed in on what has become the back-to-school book of the year: "Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools," a 400-plus page tome by Steven Brill, the founder of Court TV and the American Lawyer site. Mr. Winerip said Mr. Brill "has little positive to say about teachers," adding that the villains of his story "are bad teachers coddled by unions." (Mr. Brill posted a comment on nytimes.com expressing surprise at the "anger" in the column, and saying it distorted his work; Mr. Winerip responded: Read their debate and other comments here.) "
sethrader

"Poverty Is the Problem": Efforts to Cut Education Funding, Expand Standardized Testing... - 0 views

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    As millions of students prepare to go back to school, budget cuts are resulting in teacher layoffs and larger classes across the country. This comes as the drive toward more standardized testing increases despite a string of cheating scandals in New York, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and other cities. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan also recently unveiled a controversial plan to use waivers to rewrite parts of the nation's signature federal education law, No Child Left Behind. We speak to New York City public school teacher Brian Jones and Diane Ravitch, the former assistant secretary of education and counselor to Education Secretary Lamar Alexander under President George H. W. Bush, who has since this post dramatically changed her position on education policy. She is the author of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education."
NYC Teachers

In Fight for Space, Educator Takes On Charter Chain - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Klein have repeatedly told principals at New York City’s traditional public schools that a new age of reform has dawned, that charter schools are the cutting edge and that if these principals want traditional public schools to survive, they must learn to compete in the educational marketplace.
  • Her plan was to create something truly rare: an urban school not focused on standardized testing.
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    space promised fo new public school in Washington heights started by Central Park East Principal Julie Zuckerman yanked at last minute and given to KIPP
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