Uncredentialed teachers in charter schools?

Should charter schools be allowed to hire and train their own teachers, thereby bypassing credential programs?!?

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Charter School Experience in Nashville, TN.

I have been taking a break from blogging for the past month, but wanted to share this article on the experience of a school board member with charter schools in Nashville, Tennessee:

http://dianeravitch.net/2017/07/11/a-nashville-school-board-member-warns-kentucky-and-mississippi-about-the-charter-scams/

Legislative Attempt to Roll Back Charter Schools in California

This opinion piece in the Sacramento Bee was also highlighted in Diane Ravitch’s blog:

For-profit charter schools are ripping off taxpayers | The Sacramento Bee

More on the aftermath of the LAUSD election

Diane Ravitch has posted a statement from a losing candidate’s  chief of staff.  The article and discussion that follows it are interesting additions to the charter schools debate.

LA School Board now has a majority in favor of charter schools

This was apparently the most expensive school board district election in U.S. history.

Just like in our Measure Y election, according to Diane Ravitch below turnout was poor…

Thus begins a big new experiment in the privatization of public education. Will it be more successful than Detroit?!?

The Danger of Universal pre-K??

Is play being banished from the lives of 3 year-olds?

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Is Google peddling intellectual crack???

The idea that one need not learn what can be looked up on Google (or Siri, etc.) can cause irreparable harm to children.

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A New Year – but will it be “Happy?”

Catching up on important local school news, the college admission race, and Betsy DeVos.

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Three Noteworthy Articles

Important articles on burnout, school choice/privatization, and the outlook for California school budgets.

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Charter School Advocates Make Election Gains in California

This is a concerning trend going on in California.  Big money behind charter schools is gaining political influence after our recent election:

Flood of Spending by Charter Advocates…