Chicago Charter Chain Apologizes for “Racist, No-Excuses” Regime
The Noble Network is the leading charter chain in Chicago. It boasts of high test scores. It is the darling of the Chicago white elite,...
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Success Academy Charter Chain Ordered to Pay $2.4 Million to SPED Families
Success Academy charter network was directed by a federal district court judge to pay $2.4 million to families whose children with disabilities were pushed out....
A Few Beautiful Moments of Dance, for Your Enjoyment
This is a beautiful https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/swans-for-relief-raises-money-for-dancers-amid-covid-19-47449883?fbclid=IwAR0VmXIqHyeeNP0X7SGh9mR-YShob4sj9yXYToYexWwlzJ1Bg02pGMgEp6Y of 32 talented dancers from around the world performing “Swan Lake.” They are raising money for dancers whose income has...
Gary Rubinstein: How Scholars Fail at Success Academy
Gary Rubinstein explores a curious phenomenon at Success Academy. Fully one-seventh of its senior class fail to graduate. How can this be? They have persisted...
Institute for Policy Studies: Reimagining School Safety
This valuable report analyzes how money could be better spent to protect students at school. It’s findings are stunning. We as a nation are spending...
NYC: Parents at Success Academy Worry about Stress of All-Remote “No Excuses” Discipline
New York City’s vaunted Success Academy, which boasts the highest test scores in the state, the highest teacher turnover rate, and very likely the highest...
Victoria Theisen Homer: The Tyranny of Remote Learning
Victoria Theisen Homer writes in Salon about the ways that remote learning distorts and devalues human relationships. She writes: Think of your favorite teacher. Whenever...
No-Excuses Charter Chain Fires Principal for Caring About Children and Teachers
Emily Hoefling was principal of Leadership Prep Canarsie in Brooklyn, which is part of the Uncommon Schools charter chain. She was fired because she dared...
Massachusetts: Students, Parents Charge Charter School with Racism
Students, parents, and alumni of the high-performing Mystic Valley Regional Charter School have raised questions about racism at the school, alleging that racism permeates its...
Mike Klonsky on KIPP’s Rebranding
KIPP is the largest charter chain in the nation. It grew thanks to the generosity of the Walton Foundation, the Fisher Family Foundation (the Gap,...