Tag: Austin Independent School District

• Naughty List?: Thoughts on Texas Legislature, KIPP, Carstarphen, and College

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  December 5, 2013

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  Higher Education Access, KIPP

  Kate McGee reported this morning on KUT NPR in the radio piece Austin Charter Focuses on College Prep Despite New Grad Requirements that KIPP Austin has set up a pretty sweet deal with St. Edwards University. Listen to the KUT story here. St. Edward’s University is partnering with KIPP Austin Charter school to help more of its students…

  

• Ulterior Motives?: School “Reform”, Rich, Poor, and Land Grabs

  6–10 minutes

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  May 29, 2013

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  School Finance

  Cloaking Inequity has explored the ulterior motives of school “reformers” in prior posts (See for example Walking Away From High Stakes Tests, A Noble Lie and Letter to Civil Rights and school “choice” advocate (p.s. neoliberals skip this) and Update on Smart ALEC: Education, Privatization, and the Pursuit of Profit. Recently, Leslie T. Fenwick, the Dean of the Howard School of Education explored…