Category: African Americans
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Considering the rapid growth of charter schools, it’s important for the public conversations about school choice to distinguish fact from rhetoric and sloganeering. For instance, proponents of charter schools, such as Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, claim charter schools advance racial integration of children and give parents options for “voluntary integration.” Is this true? More than sixty…
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What makes for an interesting debate/conversation/panel about charter schools? I think the event at the upcoming Coalition of Community Charter Schools Conference in New York City #ICSS17 probably qualifies. After we completed the Intelligence Squared charter school debate (click above for NPR syndicated version), Steve Zimmerman struck up a conversation with me about having a…
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The NAACP is seeking 500 supporters for its High Quality Education Thunderclap! Will you join them today with your Facebook and/or Twitter? The Thunderclap reads: “Call for resource equity. Accountability for charters. Moratorium still warranted. #QualityEd #NAACP http://thndr.me/RsJkGu” Join the Thunderclap ASAP here. The purpose of their message is to highlight the NAACP TaskForce Report on…
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I pinged a few professors to answer a few questions with lesser known research on educational leadership, policy and literacy in black & brown communities. Works were submitted by: Noelle Witherspoon Arnold, Ohio State University Julian Vasquez Heilig, California State University Sacramento Lorri J. Santamaría The University of Auckland, New Zealand Ty-Ron M. O. Douglas, University of…
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There appears to be an increasing number of articles saying that the NAACP has taken a softer tone or even rolled back the 2016 call for a charter moratorium. In this blog post I’ll set the record straight based on my personal perspectives. On the first point, my read is that the leaders and members…
Cloaking Inequity 