Nicholas Kristof: An 8-Year-Old Chess Champion, Homeless in NYC
Thanks to Nicholas Kristof for writing these stories and for recognizing that the economic and social supports needed for the hero of the story should...
Month : March 2019
New Jersey Expose, Part 3: How Charter Operators Collected Hundreds of Millions from a Federal Fund for Building Public Schools
Northjersey.com and USA Today New Jersey are publishing a five-part series of the abuse of taxpayer funds by charter operators. This is part...
Fred Smith: New York’s Testing Regime is Mindless Disruption
If you want to know why parents in New York have opted out in record numbers for the past few years, read testing expert Fred...
Sally Yates: Barr Should Release Mueller Report in Full, Without Redactions
Sally Yates was Deputy Attorney General from 2015-2017. In this article in the Washington Post, she argues that Attorney General William Barr should release...
Charter Schools: A Very Horrible, Terrible, Awful Week
This has been possibly the very worst week in the history of charter schools, which have existed for almost 30 years. It is fitting...
New Jersey Expose, Part 2: Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Spent on a Floundering Charter School
Northjersey.com and USA Today New Jersey are posting a five-part series about how taxpayers are being taken for a ride by the charter industry. ...
Beto O’Rourke’s Wife Works for an Organization that Brings Charter Schools to El Paso
I was an enthusiastic supporter of Beto O’Rourke when he ran against Ted Cruz. I regularly sent him checks of $50, $100. I would...
California: The Charter Law is Broken and Adversaries Don’t Agree on How to Fix It
This is part 3 of the Los Angeles Times’ series about charter school dysfunction in California, written by Anna Phillips. Phillips traces many...
Bill Phillis: Ohio’s State Takeover Law Should Be Repealed
Bill Phillis, retired deputy state superintendent and passionate advocate of equity and financial advocacy, has written many times about the absurd state takeover law....
New Jersey Exposé, Part 1: How Charters Use Millions of Dollars from Taxpayers for Their Private Property
NorthJersey.com and USA Today New Jersey are running a five-part series called “Cashing in on Charter Schools, written by reporters Jean Rimbach and Abbott...