Empowerment zones, the third way, portfolio district. Different name, same goals: takeover of our public schools.
http://baystatebanner.com/news/2018/feb/28/school-turnaround-bill-advances/
Charter Schools
For charter schools, recently it’s been bad news galore
“The charter movement has not died and gone away; it’s just popping up with new names and new forms of privatization,” said Lisa Guisbond, executive director of Citizens for Public Schools, a Boston-based advocacy organization that opposes charter schools. “The diehard supporters [of charter schools] and the effort to privatize public education seems to be going into a stealth mode.”
Conservatory Lab Charter decides to build a new facility, but still hopes to join BPS
Is this the next iteration… charter schools returning for the benefits of district membership?
Charter school teachers vote to unionize
Teachers at 2 City on a Hill charter schools vote to unionize and join the BTU. And last week Conservatory Lab announced their intention to become a Boston district school (HM charter). Signs that the tide has turned?
Governor Ricardo Rosselló: ‘Failure Is Just Not an Option Here in Puerto Rico’
Natural disasters seems to be a point of opportunity for the charter/voucher movement. New Orleans redux.
https://www.wnyc.org/story/puerto-rico-governor-seeks-charter-school-system/
Families for Excellent Schools planning to close following CEO’s firing
Following the removal of their CEO, the Question 2 defeat and $ scandals, FES closes shop. Beware the FES avatars!
Helping Charter Schools Access Space in District-Owned Facilities
Here’s your primer on how to get space for your charter school in our district school. Thanks Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE).
https://www.crpe.org/publications/opening-schoolhouse-door-helping-charter-schools-access-space
Campaign group allied with Baker on charter schools, pot is fined for hiding donors
The gift that keeps giving: campaign finance corruption re. Question 2.
The New Orleans School Miracle is a Myth
If someone you know points to the great success of the New Orleans charter movement, point them here.
What If Those Great Schools Massachusetts Ads Disclosed the Real Donors?
Q2 funders: “Had voters seen the honest disclosure they’d have realized that the campaign wasn’t coming from parents and educators but from a handful of Massachusetts plutocrats.”