Category: Parent Trigger

• The Total Neoliberal Misrepresentation of the Recent History of Indianapolis K12 Education

  11–17 minutes

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  February 11, 2020

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  Charter Schools, Community-Based Accountability, High-Stakes Testing, Parent Trigger, Segregation, Wisdom

  Is a total neoliberal misrepresentation coming to K12 Education in a public district near you? A recent article in the pro-charter, pro-neoliberal “magazine,” called Education Next, is a thorough misrepresentation of the recent history of Indianapolis K12 education (see the article at https://www.educationnext.org/hoosier-way-good-choices-for-all-indianapolis/).  I know because, as a university professor and a community activist, I…

  

• $$$ and Agendas — Truth For America about Teach For America

  1–2 minutes

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  September 30, 2016

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  Parent Trigger, Teacher Quality

  Where does TFA’s $$$ come from? Truth For America is a podcast about Teach For America (TFA) that provides voice to educators, parents, students, and other key stakeholders. Truth For America is co-hosted by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig and Dr. T. Jameson Brewer. They are joined in episode 13 by Reverend Kyle Boyer, a Philadelphia teacher…

• Parent Trigger Testimony: A One-way Street to Private Control #SB14

  4–6 minutes

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  May 21, 2015

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  Charter Schools, Parent Trigger

  Parent Trigger is a one-way street to non-democratic, private control of our public schools. During the last round of Parent Trigger law attempts, I wrote about it in the posts Parent trigger laws: Wolves in sheep’s clothing and astroturfing and The Teat: Where does parent trigger movement get their $? I flew to Texas Tuesday to testify at the Texas House of…

  

• You be the Judge: Are the @DFER_News Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?

  8–12 minutes

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  March 18, 2015

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  Charter Schools, Labor, Parent Trigger

  You be the judge. This post will discuss the highlights— or perhaps lowlights— of the Democrats For Education Reform (DFERs), a very powerful Wall Street funded organization who some say are seeking to profit from public education. The Seattle Education blog argued, Democrats for Education Reform is a political action committee supported largely by hedge fund managers…

  

• Frank Convo with KIPP’s Mike Feinberg: Do you call BS?

  13–19 minutes

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  April 25, 2013

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  Charter Schools, KIPP, Parent Trigger, School Finance, School Turnaround, Teach For America

  I had a coffee conversation with Mike Feinberg yesterday. About two weeks ago Mike Feinberg contacted me via email about one of my posts on Cloaking Inequity. He related that he wanted to clarify the conversation about KIPP’s funding. I agreed to meet with him at the Blanton Museum Café at UT-Austin for a coffee…