Category: Charter Schools
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California just banned for-profit charter schools. Existing California law, the Charter Schools Act of 1992, authorizes charter schools to elect to operate as a nonprofit public benefit corporation. However, despite the original legal and policy vision for non-profit schools, thousands of students are now enrolled in charters controlled by for-profit corporations. Currently in California, according to the Assembly Education…
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Charters that take everyone’s tax dollars but are no longer subject to all stakeholder input = taxpayers are no longer stakeholders. In Texas, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has been re-drafting its charter application process and requirements and included only pro-charter organizations in “stakeholder” meetings. This communication came from a source in Texas: TEA is…
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FreshEd with Will Brehm is a weekly podcast that makes complex ideas in educational research easily understood. Episode #125 features a conversation about US child detention policy and the forced parental choice of online charter for-profit company. Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this discussion with others. Check out and follow my YouTube…
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Looking forward to speaking at the #WeChoose Back to School Rally for Public Education today on the steps of the capitol in Sacramento. Here is the official press release: Sacramento – #WeChoose Bay Area, will be traveling to Sacramento on September 7 to make its official California debut at a rally for public education on the…
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For your drive! Hey, check out this track on SoundCloud: LatinX TalX: A Sharing LatinX Journeys Podcast Episode 14: Community Schools, Charter Schools & Cloaking Inequality chat with Will Ortiz-Febus and Dr. Julian Vazquez Heilig Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this discussion with others. Check out and follow my YouTube channel here.…
Cloaking Inequity 
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