A new film that explores the real cost of privatizing America’s public schools Narrated by @MattDamon_ #bfcdoc #backpackthefilm
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"As the crucial topic of education proves to be top of mind in the 2020 presidential elections @backpackthefilm narrated by Matt Damon, reveals the devastating consequences of privatizing America’s #PublicSchools" Writes @RetroMediaNYC bit.ly/2IAwixQ
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A charter school broke the law, says the Minnesota state auditor. An investigation into the St. Paul charter school, Hmong College Prep Academy, found that an illegal hedge fund investment cost the school $4.3 billion. #education #Minnesota
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I'm no finance expert but this makes sense, with so many public school buildings in disrepair. @nytimes
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If they were, they wouldn’t be so inaccessible. @jeffbcdm @NEPCtweet @Network4pubEd @cueducation
“Charity is no substitute for justice,” said Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the California State Board of Education,“ “It’s great that people are making these investments, but we have a bigger job to do.” @nytimes @LPI_Learning #education
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The idea of charter schools as locally run, innovative, and autonomous schools has become a myth. Charters are now mostly run by management companies (EMOs), and many of them operate for-profit. #CharterSchoolFail
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While Republicans peddle the myth that every student has access to ‘world-class schools,’ Democrats must start defending public schools.
Read more by @sarahrlahm here.
Betsy DeVos would love the school voucher system proposed in Alberta, Canada which has "gone way past the American model," says historian Diane Ravitch, Public ed advocates see effects: more inequality and segregation. @SOSAlberta #education
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NYC begs for more school nurses in desperate new job ads. $50 an hour. More than 300 schools without a nurse. nypost.com/2020/08/22/nyc-be…
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Six weeks ago, I said @BetsyDeVosED was about to meet her match in this case. On Friday, the federal court blocked her plan to force public schools to spend their federal coronavirus aid on private schools. forbes.com/sites/petergreene…
The school nurse shortage has been years in the making. When we filmed in Philly in 2013-14, we saw firsthand the potentially deadly consequences for children of not having enough nurses in schools. @nytimes #education #nurses
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My latest for @theprogressive draws from data assembled by @Network4pubEd that shows what a massive failure the charter school experiment has been bit.ly/3h62UQc #CharterSchoolFail @Progressive4Ed @PubInterest @SchottFound @future4learning
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Reminder: Kamala Harris as California Attorney General in 2016 won a groundbreaking $168.5 million settlement against the country's largest operator of online charter schools. bit.ly/3fNAqt3
Congress at a stalemate over pandemic school aid. "Parties are digging in over...Democratic demands for public education spending and a Republican push to channel federal dollars into vouchers." @nytimes #education #publicschools
Thoughtful essay on reopening schools and how this has been unnecessarily politicized, by historian of education and activist Diane Ravitch. @nybooks #education #schools email.nybooks.com/t/ViewEmai…
So important to look at global context!
'What [Trump] should have tweeted was: “In a few countries with low infection rates, schools are open with major changes in how they operate.”
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Some real reality here: "We’re having a national conversation about controlling the spread of coronavirus in classrooms where teachers still have to buy their own tissues and hand sanitizer."
Teachers Face A Summer Of Soul Searching. What Do They Do In The Fall? via @forbes forbes.com/sites/petergreene…