Category: Wisdom
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I confess that I once believed that Governor Jerry Brown of California would be a great friend to public education. I was wrong. Jerry Brown is in the pockets of the powerful charter lobby. He prev… Source: Governor Jerry Brown Vetoes Bill to Establish Minimal Charter Accountability
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Will I see you in New York next week? I’ll be trekking to the East Coast for a day to attend the Journey for Justice conference at SUNY Old Westbury. https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/778282070963462144 After the conference at SUNY, thousands are expected to demonstrate at the Sept. 26th presidential debate in protest of public education cuts in African American…
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Parents, superintendents, policymakers, think tanks, school board members, California Teachers Association and the ACLU are calling on Governor Brown to sign legislation to increase accountability and transparency at California’s public charter schools. Today, a media teleconference panel will occur to “outline impact on students from charter fraud, waste of taxpayer funds.” The coalition of parents, lawmakers and elected…
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data supports that some measure of political accountability through the electoral process may provide enhanced accountability
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The electorate in 2016 will be the most diverse in history. A Pew research report released earlier this year found that nearly one-in-three eligible voters on Election Day will be Hispanic, Black, Asian, or another racial or ethnic minority. It’s no secret that Donald Trump is polling poorly among Latino, Asian American and African American…
Cloaking Inequity 