Oakland: Activists Win Six-Figure Settlement, which They Will Use to Fight Privatization
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...
Category : California
Peter Greene: In Case You Missed Michelle Rhee…You Can Join the Zoom
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...
California: Online Charter Operator Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Fined $18.75 Million
It’s true that there are occasional stories of embezzlement or fraud in public schools, but none compares to the sheer audacity of California’A3 online charter...
San Diego: Online Charters Score Near Bottom
Online charters have a history of poor performance: high attrition rates, low graduation rates, low test scores. Will Huntsberry of the Voice of San Diego...
California: The Gripping Story of One School Bus Trying to Escape the Paradise Fire
I read this excerpt from a new book, published in the Washington Post, and was mesmerized by the account. The book’s author is Lizzie Johnson,...
Pasadena, California, School Board Endorses High Standard for Vaccinations
Jennifer Hall Lee, a member of the Pasadena Unified School District board, wrote recently about the importance of of “high-functioning” school boards where members work...
California: Culver City School District is First in State to Require All Eligible Students to Be Vaccinated
A sign of sanity, common sense, and responsibility: Culver City schools require all eligible students to be vaccinated. Superintendent estimates that about 1 in 20...
Carol Corbett Burris: Why Do Charter Schools Get Away with Massive Fraud?
Carol Corbett Burris was a teacher and principal on Long Island, in New York state for many years. After retiring, she became executive director of...
Should KIPP Be Allowed to Build a School on a Toxic Waste Site?
The tiny city of Cudahy, California, is locked in battle with the mega-powerful KIPP charter chain over KIPP’s determination to build a charter school on...
California: Charter Operators Will Repay the State at Least $215 Million
Will Huntsberry of Voice of San Diego writes here about one of the biggest scams in the history of charter schools (the biggest was probably...