I’ve just read the most depressing article this morning from back in the spring about Detroit’s schools. It tells about how much some families struggle to get their children to school in a??place where school choice policy has run rampant for many years. I can’t imagine having to do any of the things described in […]
Read More...Every legislative session has hundreds of bills introduced in the Mississippi House and Senate, and although some bills have merit, there are many others that are pointless, clueless, frivolous, and even retaliatory. Such a bill is Senate Bill 2006, which is a direct assault on the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA). To some people […]
Read More...GEORGE: Joe, you lived in one of his houses, didn???t you? Well, have you forgotten? Have you forgotten what he charged you for that broken-down shack? Here, Ed. You know, you remember last year when things weren???t going so well, and you couldn???t make your payments. You didn???t lose your house, did you? Do you […]
Read More...Mitchell: The issue is whether charter schools can do better than public schools. ??????????
Read More...Governor Bryant asked Mississippians to imagine a Mississippi in which schools compete for students. Today, one writer has done just that. From “I Don’t Mean to Offend, but…”: ???Imagine with me a Mississippi where schools compete for students.??? Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, 2016 ???Bull S#$@!??? Selena Smith, parent, 2036. 6:30 a.m. Thursday, May 22, […]
Read More...This is Part 3 of The Facts about School Choice. In Part 1 and Part 2, Amanda Koonlaba explained the history of the school choice movement beginning with Brown v. Board of Education and ending in 2015 when the state of Mississippi passed HB 369, better known as the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special […]
Read More...Why not just implement charter school standards in public schools? Letter ??????????
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With the Walton billionaires??doubling down??in their efforts to accelerate the charter school industry and with the Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings,??throwing in $100 million??to privatize traditional public schools, one might think that the U.S. Department of Education would be a major line of defense for America’s public schools educating the most underserved students or even a […]
Read More...Marion Brady is a veteran educator who has long argued that public education needs a paradigm shift. Brady says schools need a complete transformation in what and how students learn ??? not the Common Core State Standards, standardized tests and other elements of corporate-influenced school reform. Here???s his latest piece, on efforts by some reformers […]
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With dozens of children bundled in primary color-coded uniforms and matching yellow scarves, the second floor of the Capitol looked like a scene from Hogwarts Tuesday morning as students, educators, and parents from surrounding private and ch…
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