Articles Posted in the “Night Cap” Category
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Kingsbridge Innovative Design Charter School (opened Sept. 2010) Will Be Shut Down on June 30, 2011
From New York Charter Parents Association (NYCPA)… On April 1, NYCPA posted a “Heads Up” about KIDCS in trouble of being shut down. Just as with East NY Prep Charter School and Ross Global Charter School, we were right again. As always, the parents, students and families are left in a lurch. This is why [...]
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Wake Up Call | E4E Invitation to Lunch n’ Learn May Violate More than Rules of Ethics
Thanks to Norm Scott for this one… How is this putting children first? How interesting that it is so easy for E4E to use time that is supposed to be for teachers collaborating together. Think I could get into schools during those times to push GEM’s message? Hey, if E4E is coming to your school, [...]
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Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters, takes it to Bill Gates’ Hometown radio station!
She’ll be on tomorrow (Wednesday): 12:20 PM PT, 3:20 PM ET The Conversation Listen live at : http://www.kuow.org/conversation KUOW- 94.9 FM A fast–paced news call–in program that is engaging, stimulating and informative; a forum where listeners have the chance to speak directly with experts on news–oriented topics. Listener Line: 206.543.5869 Listener Line: (toll free) 800.289.5869
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Wisconsin GOP Jams Revised ‘Budget Repair Bill’ Through Democrat-less Senate
This is the new Tea Party-inspired GOP style of government: ‘Democracy-So-Fast-You-Won’t-Know-What-Hit-You’. At 7pm in Madison, Wisconsin, republican legislators held a hurried “special committee” session with a revised Budget Repair Bill that nobody seemed to have a copy of. When the only Democrat present in the session, Senate Minority Leader Peter Barca (D), tried to make [...]
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Diane Ravitch on the Daily Show + Fundraiser Viewing
(Originally posted on the Parents Across America Blog) Diane Ravitch, the country’s foremost defender of evidence-based rather than faith-based education reform, will be a guest on the Daily Show starring Jon Stewart, this Thursday. This is a great breakthrough and reverses a long media black-out of opposing points of view on education issues. Please join [...]
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“Night Cap” | IBO Report shows Charters get more public $ than district schools in NYC
(Read more at http://ibo.nyc.ny.us/cgi-park/?p=272 ) Charter Schools Housed in the City’s School Buildings Get More Public Funding per Student than Traditional Public Schools Posted by Ray Domanico and Yolanda Smith, February 15, 2011 Last February, IBO published estimates (Comparing the Level of Public Support: Charter Schools versus Traditional Public Schools) of the level of public [...]
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DoE bans OURSCHOOLSNYC.ORG from it’s servers. We’re so PROUD!
OURSCHOOLSNYC.ORG is happy and proud to announce the DoE has blocked our site on it’s servers. No one using a DoE computer or in a school can access our website. This is a development we are extremely proud of that DoE fears our site so much, they’ve banned us. We’re only one month old, growing, [...]
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“Night Cap” | Bloomberg’s Legacy: An Increase in the Racial Achievement Gap, Increased Segregation & Taking us back 56 years!!
Under Bloomberg has not only the racial achievement gap increased, segregation increased but also less minority students getting into specialized schools – all under mayoral control! (Gotham Schools) Bloomberg attacks the rights of special education students and IDEA (WNYC) Bloomberg attacks babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers too, in order to ensure the racial achievement gap continues [...]
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“Night Cap” | Parents Give Cathie Black Notice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 10, 2011 Parents File Appeal Against Cathie Black Waiver The Fight for a Qualified Educator to Lead the Nation’s Largest Public School System Continues Today, on the steps of the infamous Tweed Courthouse, home to the Department of Education, parents held a press conference announcing they have filed an appeal [...]
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“Night Cap” | Deny The Waiver Coalition continues fight for a qualified Chancellor
The group of public school parents continue the fight for a qualified educator to lead the nations largest school system (Observer, Gothamist, NY1) Deny the Waiver Coalition press conference tomorrow at DoE headquarters (Deny Waiver)
