Gauging Charters' Impact on Catholic Schools - Charters & Choice - Education Week

Gauging Charters' Impact on Catholic Schools - Charters & Choice - Education Week

Can cities desegregate? Review of: Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities

Can cities desegregate?  (by Carl Nightingale, Chicago 2012)

Cheating runs rampant (in wake of NCLB) -- Daniel Denvir

Cheating runs rampant

Are Charter Schools Public Schools? - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Are Charter Schools Public Schools? - Bridging Differences - Education Week

Chicago Schools Showdown Galvanizes Teachers | Labor Notes

Chicago Schools Showdown Galvanizes Teachers | Labor Notes

Emerson donates $500,000 to dropout recovery charter school

Emerson donates $500,000 to dropout recovery charter school

African-American Leadership and the Corporate Education Agenda: Two Viewpoints

Glen Ford v Juan Williams / Cory Booker: Diverging viewpoints on race, black leadership, and key components of the corporate education reform agenda (choice, charters, vouchers). Video of Glen Ford, criticizing the corporate education agenda and the role of some black leaders.




Video of Juan Williams (and see also link to Cory Booker video) from the American Federation for Children event in early May 2012, calling for school 'choice.'

Why Isn't Closing 40 Philadelphia Public Schools National News?

Why Isn't Closing 40 Philadelphia Public Schools National News?

Despite Downturn, Few Men Sign Up to Teach

Despite Downturn, Few Men Sign Up to Teach

David Kirp: On Integration

Making Schools Work

We have just observed the anniversary of the groundbreaking court decision of Brown v. Board of Education, and yet desegregation is effectively dead.

STL Post-Dispatch: Charter school bill a good balance between accountability, expansion

Editorial: Charter school bill a good balance between accountability, expansion

If Imagine Schools vacate St. Louis, what will happen to its land?

If Imagine Schools vacate St. Louis, what will happen to its land?

Resisting corporate-backed ed-reform in NYC

New Coalition to Challenge Bloomberg’s Education Policies

The group is planning an ambitious effort to support mayoral candidates who pledge to reverse some of the mayor’s more contentious policies.

Confluence Charters Under Review

JEFFERSON CITY • The Missouri State Board of Education voted Tuesday to renew the charter of Confluence Academy but review it in one year while the low-performing schools undergo changes meant to improve academics.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/state-board-renews-charter-school-with-conditions/article_28978aaa-9efc-11e1-821e-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1v9vCBTF4

Charter school advocate says he's ready to open one in Riverview Gardens

Charter school advocate says he's ready to open one in Riverview Gardens

Mo. lawmakers approve expansion of charter schools

Mo. lawmakers approve expansion of charter schools

Charter school bill

Charter school bill

State board renews charter school, with conditions

State board renews charter school, with conditions

Blacks' test scores show some schools in city excel

Blacks' test scores show some schools in city excel

SLPS: Death by Friendly Fire

McClellan: City's public schools face yet another test

Teachers in Perspective

NY Times Op-Ed on Teacher Appreciation

East St. Louis to Lose Elected School Board

Illinois to oust East St. Louis school board


The state superintendent of Illinois schools says he intends to oust the elected board of East St. Louis Schools in the next 60 days for not acting in the best interest of students.

Imagine demise in St. Louis may signal end of era

Imagine demise in St. Louis may signal end of era

St. Louis Public Schools looks to expand to take in Imagine students

St. Louis Public Schools looks to expand to take in Imagine students

ST LOUIS SCHOOLS WATCH UPDATE

By Susan Turk.
Report on the SAB meeting of May 3, and on the closing of Imagine charters and the SLPS response: see; http://slpswatch.tumblr.com/

LEGISLATIVE ATTACK ON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS' LABOR RIGHTS

HOUSE PASSES BILL UNDERMINING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AFTER AGGRESSIVE SINQUEFIELD AND STUDENTS FIRST LOBBYING EFFORT.  The House has given initial approval to a very stripped down bill dealing with teacher layoffs. Language dealing with teacher tenure was stripped out of the proposal. What remains is a change to what is often called "last in, first out." The proposed new policy would require administrators to decide what teachers to cut based first on performance, as well as training and certification, but not on salaries or seniority. 

• AP: Mo. House advances bill on teacher layoffs
• Missourinet: House advances changes to teacher layoff criteria (AUDIO)
• Missourian Opinion: DAVID ROSMAN: Missouri legislators should support teachers, not scare them off
• KMOX: Lawmakers Debate Bill on Teacher Layoffs

Turner v Clayton Decision

Breaking News on Turner v. Clayton Decision

What You Need To Know About ALEC - Diane Ravitch - Education Week

What You Need To Know About ALEC - Bridging Differences - Education Week