MCU Response to CEE Trust: A Reasoned Alternative to Choice Frenzy

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"Specifically, it took the CEE-Trust study to task for consolidating control over troubled districts; relying on market-based reforms and an increase use of charter schools; increasing schools’ reliance on short-term, inexperienced teachers from programs such as Teach for America; stressing the advantage of decentralized budgeting, which it said has not been shown to improve school funding or equity; and using more high-stakes tests to measure the performance of students, teachers and schools."

The White Choice: Choice Week

Read this great piece by the Edushyster: The White Choice

Yes, it's political satire, but solid analytical insight into white-led privatization of public money via charter schools -- is this where school choice is heading?

Are rich white folks starting to think charters might be a good idea for them too?  Check this out:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/20/3550057/charter-school-to-open-near-gated.html

Metropolitan Congregations United critical of CEE-Trust plan for troubled schools : News

Metropolitan Congregations United critical of CEE-Trust plan for troubled schools : News

'Urbanist’ educator appointed vice provost - St. Louis American: Local News

'Urbanist’ educator appointed vice provost - St. Louis American: Local News: William F. Tate sees his new appointment as dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and vice provost for graduate education at Wash…

Fix, don’t abandon, our neighborhood public schools : Stltoday

Fix, don’t abandon, our neighborhood public schools : Stltoday

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Editorial: Great schools change lives. How do we get them? : Stltoday

Editorial: Great schools change lives. How do we get them? : Stltoday

State senator calls for education commissioner's resignation : News

State senator calls for education commissioner's resignation : News

Washington University to sponsor Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls -- the region’s first all-girls STEM charter school | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University to sponsor Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls -- the region’s first all-girls STEM charter school | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis

Charters and the Pressure on District Governance/Resources

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/01/09/16charters.h33.html?tkn=QYSFZ1zIFxTpeqmCSqWjBuXDnOMwq6ARq0+W&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1&intc=EW-QC14-ENL

Proposal would disband failing Missouri school districts : News

Proposal would disband failing Missouri school districts : News