Educators: Beware “The City Fund” and Its Many Tentacles of Privatization
This article was co-authored by a group of educators who oppose privatization. They have identified the primary driver of privatization in their different communities: The...
Category : St. Louis
St. Louis: Privatizers and Assorted Billionaires Pick Over Bones of Public School System
Tracee Miller, a member of the St. Louis Board of Education, writes that she was shocked and dismayed to discover that a proposal to raise...
St. Louis: Charter Founder Admits $2.4 Million Fraud
The founder and headmaster of a charter school in St. Louis admitted to skimming $2.4 million in public funding by inflating enrollment. This is to...
Jere Hochman: The St. Louis Story
Jere Hochman was most recently the superintendent of the Bedford Central School district in New York State (his third superintendency). He then became the education...
St. Louis: Can the District Recover After Years of “Oppressive Rule”?
Jeff Bryant writes about the obstacles faced by districts where state control is coming to an end. He takes St. Louis as his prime...
St. Louis: Four New Charters, One Charter Closes
St. Louis will get four new charters, including another KIPP and a private school that turned charter so families would no longer pay tuition....
St. Louis Regains Its Elected Board After 12 Years of State Control
St. Louis Schools Watch Susan Turk,Editor and Reporter Congratulations Are In Order! April 16, 2019—St. Louis–This morning the Missouri State Board of Education voted unanimously...
St. Louis Regains Elected Board, But TFA Snags Two Open Seats
We learned just last July that the Billionaire Reformers had created another organization to disrupt public education, called The City Fund. This is a ragtag...
St. Louis: Charter School Under Investigation for Inflated Enrollments, Missing Money
St. Louis College Prep charter school is under investigation for fraud. St. Louis College Prep has lost tens of thousands of dollars in state funding...
St. Louis: Dark Money Enters Suburban St. Louis School Board Elections (Correction!)
School districts in Missouri customarily have nonpartisan school board elections. No more. Tomorrow voters will go to the polls in the Parkway District (a...