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Charter Schools: Russakov’s The Prize, and Lessons from Newark
Summary: Dale Russakov’s tale of the assault by reformers on Newark Schools is a saga of conflict, righteous myopia, entrenched interests, unintended consequences, upheaval in neighborhoods, grudging progress, and a rending of social fabric; yet in the end no easy … Continue reading
Charter Schools Revisited: The Washington Supreme Court Throws a Curve Ball
Summary: In a major blow to the belated arrival of charter schools in Washington State, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled that charter schools in the state cannot receive public funds dedicated to “common schools” because they are not governed … Continue reading
Charter Schools: The Search for the Golden Mean
Summary: After lagging behind other parts of the country in establishing charter schools, the state of Washington is poised to enter the arena after enabling legislation was passed via a recent initiative. An article in the Seattle Times which explores … Continue reading
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Tagged at risk students, charter schools, education and politics, fiscal impact charter schoools, Green Dot Public Schools, Initiative 1240 Washington State, low-income students, school bureaucracy, school reform, teaching culture, UCLA education research
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Charter Schools and the Selling of Short Term Teachers
Summary: How is it that young charter teachers achieve results comparable to their more experienced traditional public school brethren, and why do so many in both camps leave teaching so prematurely? Whether or not any charter iteration creates a … Continue reading
School Reform and Bureaucracy: The Washington State Charter Battle
Summary: A lawsuit challenging Washington’s new charter school law on constitutional grounds may be embarrassingly in the end a defense of a dysfunctional status quo. I believe in teachers. Not the Type A’s that reformers would like to attract from … Continue reading
Charter Schools: A Closer Look at the Stanford CREDO Study — Part B
Summary: Last post I began a dive into the details of an inquiry by The Stanford Center for Research on Educational Outcomes (CREDO) into charter school progress in the United States. This post continues the same swim with more of … Continue reading
Charter Schools: A Closer Look at the Stanford CREDO Study (Part A)
Summary: The details of the Stanford CREDO study on Charter Schools flesh out the more widely reported summative findings. The Stanford CREDO study (Center for Research on Educational Outcomes) cited over my last couple of posts proves to be the … Continue reading
Charter Schools and Politics: Vote Yes on Washington State’s Initiative 1240
Summary: Arguments surround Washington’s proposed charter schools; in balance it is time for passage of I-1240. November 6, 2012 is Election Day. Or, these days, the last day to vote. On the ballot in the state of Washington is Initiative … Continue reading
Charter Schools: The Stanford CREDO Study and Charter Progress
Summary: The Stanford CREDO study provides some ambiguity and fodder for different points of view, but also direction for the charter school movement. In descending a variety of pathways into the question of charter schools, it is not long before … Continue reading
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Tagged charter schools, Harvard EdLab, Roland Fryer, school reform, Stanford CREDO study
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Schools and Politics: Charters Schools and Teachers’ Unions
Summary: Last week, as part of a discussion of charter schools, I cited the Harlem’s Children Zone as an umbrella project that has changed the “context” of associated schools, and thereby the expectations of students and the realities from which … Continue reading
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