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UFT Attacks NYC Charters for Discriminating Against Kids with Disabilities, But He Misses the Real Story

Politico reports that UFT President Michael Mulgrew has resumed “UFT's decade-long war against the city's charter sector.”  The reference is…

9 years ago

Cami Anderson on Newark Public Schools’ Revival Through Collaboration of Public Charter and Traditional Schools

From Education Week:Our mission from the outset was to ensure 100 percent of schools in Newark were excellent, located in…

9 years ago

QOD: UFT Attacks NYC Charter Schools For Not Increasing Enrollment of High Needs Kids; UFT’s Data Belies Argument

From the NY Post [emphasis my own]:The city’s teachers union launched a new attack Monday on charter schools, saying it will…

9 years ago

When Local School Boards Get it Right: Marlboro Reduces Local Testing and Values PARCC

It’s so easy to hate your local school board. Trust me on this: I’ve been a school board member for…

9 years ago

Here’s the Letter From School Choice Groups to Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

This letter was sent yesterday from the organizations below to Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and copied to all members of…

9 years ago

Save Our Schools-NJ Misses the Point on Charter School Authorization

Save Our Schools-NJ posts today that “there is mad rush by charter schools across NJ to grab more market share &…

9 years ago

De Blasio and Cuomo’s Community School Strategy Could Waste Millions

This guest post is by Karim Abouelnaga, the Founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, an evidence-based, full-service summer school provider…

9 years ago

Newark School Board Member: Charter School Moratorium Bill Doesn’t “Represent the Needs of Newark Parents”

Rashan K. Hasan, Newark Board of Education member, takes on those who would deprive Newark’s families of access to effective…

9 years ago

New Jersey High School “Shatters the Pillars of Equality and Freedom”

Yesterday North Jersey’s Suburbanite News published an article about a new policy approved by the Englewood School Board: students at…

9 years ago

QOD: White Progressives Should Be Allies in MLK’s Fight for Educational Equity; The Tragedy is that They’re the Opposition

Derrell Bradford, whom I'm proud to call my friend, wonders -- and concludes affirmatively -- that  "All Those ‘White Moderates’…

9 years ago