Category: Wisdom
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The California Charter School Association has been carrying a bill – SB 806 (Glazer) – to loosen regulations on conflict of interest at charter schools. Pretty obscene in the midst of conflict of interest stories like this and this, two stories that came out since this bill was rejected by the Legislature last year. The author is determined…
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It’s that time of year. The political parties are starting to gear up for the 2018 election. My phone is starting to ring because candidates are doing their personal outreach to raise funds for their upcoming campaigns. I recently got a call from a congressional candidate in New Mexico who sounded great on the phone.…
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At the Center for Human and Civil Rights museum in Atlanta, Georgia, there’s an exhibit with headphones where you can sit and experience the verbal abuse that many civil rights activists lived through during the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins. They could not verbally respond to the racists, lest they suffer violent consequences. Instead, they used nonviolent protest…
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I think you should know that there are things that charter supporters don’t want you to hear about. In fact, I believe the most convicting critiques of charters often come from their educators and parents. Several charter leaders (principals, Deans, etc.) are asking their Charter Management Organization (CMO) to start a dialogue and take action to stop…
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Sometimes we can feel a little discouraged about our impact in the world. But one person can spark change! Together we can help create a new political reality for communities and their schools! I’d like to tell you a true story about an idea born on an airplane over the Atlantic Ocean. Back in 2012, I…
Cloaking Inequity 