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ProPublica: 11 Black Children Were Arrested in Rutherford County, Tennessee, for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 24, 2021October 25, 2021

October 24, 2021October 25, 202106

ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio investigated a case that happened in 2016, when the police arrested 11young children for a crime that doesn’t exist. What...

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D.C.: Time for Fundamental Changes in Charter Sector

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 30, 2021October 1, 2021

September 30, 2021October 1, 2021054

Valerie Strauss posted an important essay on her blog “The Answer Sheet” by Steve Bumbaugh, a former member of the D.C. Public Charter School Board...

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California: The Gripping Story of One School Bus Trying to Escape the Paradise Fire

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 29, 2021August 30, 2021

August 29, 2021August 30, 2021018

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,...

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Gary Rubinstein: Another Sex Scandal at KIPP

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 12, 2021August 13, 2021

August 12, 2021August 13, 2021027

Gary Rubenstein has written about the failed promises of charter schools many times. In this post, he reports on the latest sex scandal at KIPP....

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Samuel Abrams Reviews Joanne Golann’s Critique of “No Excuses” Charter Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 2, 2021August 3, 2021

August 2, 2021August 3, 2021055

Samuel Abrams worked for many years as a teacher in a New York City public school. After earning his doctorate, he became executive director of...

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Jan Resseger Reviews an Important New Book About “No-Excuses” Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 16, 2021July 17, 2021

July 16, 2021July 17, 2021027

In this post, Jan Resseger reviews Joanne W. Golann’s Scripting the Moves: Culture & Control in a No-Excuses Charter School. What she describes is a...

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Chicago Charter Chain Apologizes for “Racist, No-Excuses” Regime

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 16, 2021March 17, 2021

March 16, 2021March 17, 2021046

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

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 13, 2021March 14, 2021

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021050

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....

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A Few Beautiful Moments of Dance, for Your Enjoyment

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 3, 2020November 26, 2020

November 3, 2020November 26, 2020037

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...

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Gary Rubinstein: How Scholars Fail at Success Academy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 14, 2020November 26, 2020

September 14, 2020November 26, 2020037

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...

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