Month: January 2013

• Why judges say charters are NOT public schools— students and parents should be nervous

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  January 2, 2013

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  African Americans, Charter Schools

  The common refrain is that charter schools are public schools. Critics, such as Diane Ravitch, have said that charter schools accept public money but act private. I have levied a variety of critiques at charters (Even made Jonathan Alter a little bit mad) despite the fact that I was an instructor at an Aspire charter…

  

• Vouchers and School Finance: Saving the Statehouse $?

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  January 1, 2013

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  School Finance, Vouchers

  Happy New Year 2013! I have often posted on school vouchers over the past few months. Why? There are factions in Texas, Louisiana and elsewhere that still argue they are efficacious educational policy and are pressing them into law. They are not. See CI’s thread on vouchers here. IUPRA will soon release a brief entitled…