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Tag Archives: Harlem
More Breathless Praise for Success Academy; And Why We Should Be “Terrified”
This week both The New Yorker and The Atlantic, among several other publications, ran prominent stories on Success Academy, the controversial New York City charter-school network. In particular, Elizabeth Green’s piece about Success Academy and its founder, Eva Moskowitz, aims … Continue reading
Posted in Charter Schools, citizenship, democracy, Education, public schools, Trump
Tagged Center for Education Improvement, ChalkBeat, charter schools, Dan Loeb, Debbie Meier, District 2, District 4, Education reform, Elizabeth Green, Eva Moskowitz, Families for Excellent Schools, Harlem, John Dewey, KIPP, MacArthur award, Mayor Bill De Blasio, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, New York Performance Standards Consortium, no excuses, Question 2, Richard Whitmire, standardized tests, strict-discipline, Success Academy, Sy Fliegel, Tony Alvarado, unions
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Will Massachusetts Learn from Michigan’s Charter Calamity?
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
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New CREDO Study, New Credibility Problems: from New Orleans to Boston
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
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A Demographic Divide In Harlem: The Neediest Kids Go to Public Schools, Not Charters
Last month I published an OpEd in The New York Times, “Charter School Refugees,” which asked: “Is there a point at which fostering charter schools undermines traditional public schools and the children they serve?” The OpEd looked at Harlem, where … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Andrew Cuomo, Central Harlem, charter schools, East Harlem, economic need, Education reform, English language learners, Global Technology Preparatory, Governor Cuomo, Harlem, legislation, poor, poverty, public schools, special needs, Success Academy, The New York Times
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