charter schools

I can't make up my mind. In my area, school districts until fairly recently had a monopoly on education tax dollars. I never saw head-to-head competition coming when my state's charter school rules were passed. That was a while ago, and now charters are a bigger threat to school district...

Linky. I read a comment about this that strikes me as correct: charter schools are about reforming labour, not education. And what makes this "Noble" chain different? As with most private schools, it seems like simple biased samples: Linky. As always, Democratic connections seem to underlay...

In Indiana we are getting all of it. Public schools are consolidated to bigger and bigger districts. The schools are just huge, in my opinion. The HS our oldest goes to is so big she barely has time to visit her locker between her classes because of the physical distances in the class room...

Now that he's Mayor Emanuel, he is on a collision course with the Chicago Teacher's Union: The big issue with the CTU is Charter Shools. Charter schools are public schools, but operate independently of the school board and with each other. Most of the Charter schools teachers are not...

Generally, I don’t rant about my job. I love my job. I get to deal with every type of person, all sorts of books old and new, and I never end a day without having learned something new. It’s great! However, occasionally something happens that is so infuriating, so upsetting, that it just needs...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/education/05charter.html http://www.tepcharter.org/ I particularly like the part about all teachers doing double duty handling administrative functions, rather than hiring assistant principals. Also, it will be interesting to see if they can put the lie to...