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Another Snafu At Controversial Bay State Charter

Posted on August 24, 2016 by aagabor

For the second time this month, construction has stopped on the controversial New Heights Charter School in Brockton, MA. Yesterday, the city of Brockton slapped a bright orange “stop work violation” order on the outside of the school’s new location … Continue reading →

Posted in Brockton, MA, Charter Schools, Education, Massachusetts Education Reform | Tagged Brockton, charters, New Heights, New Heights Charter School, Omari Walker | Leave a comment

Will Massachusetts Learn from Michigan’s Charter Calamity?

Posted on July 25, 2016 by aagabor

Jennifer Berkshire, aka Edushyster, is one of the best bloggers on education. She is no ideologue and increasingly has come to the give voice to rarely listened-to local folks, especially in poor minority communities—including kids—who are most impacted by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Charter Schools, Education, Massachusetts Education Reform, New Orleans Charter Schools | Tagged Abigail Johnson, charter schools, charters, David Arsen, Detroit charters, Detroit schools, Dimitri Mehlhorn, Dukakis, English language learners, Gov. Ed Baker, Gov. Eddie Baker, Gov. John Engler, Gov. William Weld, Harlem, John Kerry, John Kraft, Massachusetts Education Reform Act 1993, NAACP, New Orleans, Peyser, Pioneer Institute, Rise Act, Save Our Public Schools, Swift Boat Veterans, tipping point | 10 Comments

One More Time, NYC Charters Don’t Outperform Publics

Posted on October 7, 2015 by aagabor

Gary Rubinstein, an education blogger and math teacher at New York City’s Stuyvesant high school, has just posted a terrific analysis of Big Apple charter-school and public-school performance, showing once again that charters do not outperform publics–with one exception, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Charter Schools, Education | Tagged charter schools, charters, Common Core, Democracy Prep, economic need, ELA, English language learners, Gary Rubenstein, Harlem Children's Zone, KIPP, math, Richard Whitmire, Success Academy, tests, The Equity Project | 1 Comment

The Myth of the New Orleans School Makeover Revisited

Posted on August 25, 2015 by aagabor

Last Sunday, The New York Times ran my OpEd “The Myth of the New Orleans School Makeover” in which I acknowledge some of the accomplishments of the city’s education reforms, but also cautioned that the charter revolution is not all … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged accountability, black teachers, Census Bureau, charters, Common Core, Crazy Crawfish, creaming, CREDO, CREDO study, Dana Peterson, Deirdre Burel, Deshotel, Drop Outs, Education reform, Educational Research Alliance, governance, Howard L. Fuller, Hurricane Katrina, inexperienced teachers, Jason France, Katrina, KIPP, Louisiana Legislative Auditor, Mercedes Schneider, Myth of the New Orleans Charter Makeover, New Orleans, Orleans Public Education Network, oversight, Paul Vallas, RSD, School Closure, Social Science Research Council, Teach for America, teachers, TFA, The New York Times, Tulane University, white teachers, Whitney Ruble | 14 Comments

New CREDO Study, New Credibility Problems: from New Orleans to Boston

Posted on April 28, 2015 by aagabor

Last month, Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) released a new study on urban charter schools, which purports to show, for the first time, that charters outperform city public schools, at least on standardized-test scores. If true, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged Boston, charters, CREDO, CREDO study, education, Education reform, English language learners, Global Technology Preparatory, Harlem, Jeanne Rotunda, Kaiser Fung, Lake Forest, Macke Raymond, New Orleans, NOLA, Numbersense, OPSB, Orleans Paris School Board, public schools, special needs, Title 1, TPS, virtual twin, West Side Collaborative | 12 Comments

Tag Archives: charters

Another Snafu At Controversial Bay State Charter

Will Massachusetts Learn from Michigan’s Charter Calamity?

One More Time, NYC Charters Don’t Outperform Publics

New CREDO Study, New Credibility Problems: from New Orleans to Boston

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