Posts Tagged with ‘charter schools’
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An Aha! Moment: Charters == Vouchers
05 Aug 2013“Charter Schools” is an emotional term that invokes a sort of shimmering gateway of hope. It sends a siren’s signal…
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Are charter schools public schools?
01 Aug 2013It depends on what you mean by “public”. The term doesn’t seem to have a well-nailed-down meaning. As befits an…
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Venice High School: a microcosm of national Education Reform politics
01 Jun 2013Venice High School (VHS) has been on our beach radar since early spring when a “pilot” school was discovered slated…
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Educational Politics 101, take 1
11 Apr 2013Magnet Schools. You’re in good company if you don’t feel quite solid in your understanding of what makes a Magnet…
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Yes, Virginia – and Georgia and Minnesota and California, too: It Can Happen To You.
11 Mar 2013It’s quite true: before the beginning of this year, I did not know my school board member’s name. I had…
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Why $1M, why now?
16 Feb 2013Here’s my random quickquide take as to why now, why so much: I think the “corporatizers” woke up recently and…
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Surrogate tsimmes
15 Feb 2013It’s occurred to me lately that there are certain hot-button topics that are so suffused with emotion there is no…
