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Mercedes Schneider: How TFA Alums Use Their Network to Move into Top Jobs and Score Fat Contracts

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 27, 2021September 28, 2021

September 27, 2021September 28, 202104

This post is Mercedes Schneider at her best, pulling together the strings of a tangled web involving money, power, TFA, Chiefs for Change, John White,...

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Pandemic Boosts Charter Enrollment

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 27, 2021September 28, 2021

September 27, 2021September 28, 202102

Charter schools experienced a large increase in enrollment during the pandemic, perhaps due to the indecisiveness of public school leaders. Charters gained 250,000 students and...

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Illinois: Mysterious Group Asks Schools if They Have Materials Included in “1619 Project”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 26, 2021September 27, 2021

September 26, 2021September 27, 202107

I received the following alarming notice from a friend in Illinois. Some organization wants to know whether schools in the state have any articles or...

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Oakland: Activists Win Six-Figure Settlement, which They Will Use to Fight Privatization

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 26, 2021September 27, 2021

September 26, 2021September 27, 202106

I am posting this notice after the press conference described here, but the details are important nevertheless. A group called Oakland Not For Sale formed...

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Ibram X. Kendi: How to Dismantle Racism

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 26, 2021September 27, 2021

September 26, 2021September 27, 202109

Professor Ibram X. Kendi spoke about dismantling racism at a virtual summit hosted by the Boston Globe. His books are being censored in red states...

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Valerie Strauss: What Is DeSantis Plan to “End Standardized Testing”?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 25, 2021September 26, 2021

September 25, 2021September 26, 202109

Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post uses her awesome journalistic skills to try to figure out what Governor Ron DeSantis means when he says he...

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North Carolina: Search for “Indoctrination” in Schools Flops

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 25, 2021September 26, 2021

September 25, 2021September 26, 202108

The editorial board of the Charlotte Observer wrote about the state government’s failed search for “indoctrination” in the schools. Charlotte Observer Editorial Board: North Carolina’s...

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Peter Greene: In Case You Missed Michelle Rhee…You Can Join the Zoom

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 25, 2021September 26, 2021

September 25, 2021September 26, 202109

Peter Greene wonders if you have missed Michelle Rhee, once the Wonder Woman of the edreform biz, but recently absent from the national scene. After...

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St. Paul: Hmong Charter School Loses $4.3 Million by Investing in Hedge Fund

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 24, 2021September 25, 2021

September 24, 2021September 25, 202109

The authorizer of the Hmong College Prep Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota, wants to fire the superintendent of the school after learning of big losses...

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North Carolina Parent: I Used to Think My Legislators Supported Public Schools. They Don’t.

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 24, 2021September 25, 2021

September 24, 2021September 25, 202108

Renee Sekel is a parent and public school advocate in North Carolina. She sends her children to public schools. She remembers when she naively believed...