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Jeb Bush’s Foundation Wants Florida to Ignore Crony Capitalism on Charter Schools
Big charter school operators have been whispering about getting their own independent board to approve charter schools. This week, Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education editorialist Mike Thomas unsurprisingly made the case that it was time for Florida to … Continue reading
Posted in EDUCATION, FLORIDA POLITICS
Tagged education reform, Florida Board of Education, florida republicans, taxpayer money, education, Florida, market based reform, Jeb Bush, school reform, local school boards, KIPP, charter schools in florida, florida education, Indiana, DOE, school boards, charter schools, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Charter Schools USA, Broad Foundation, Eli Broad, accountability, Walton Family Foundation, legislators, taxpayers, K12 Inc, local, FLDOE, Gary Chartrand, tony bennett, Alice Walton, competition, appointed, elected
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So that Florida DOE Cash for Charter Schools is Coming from Race to the Top Funds
The Florida DOE’s announcement that it would apply $2o million toward charter school start-ups drew significant condemnation here. Now comes word where the money is coming from. In a weekend interview with the leader of the Florida Charter School Growth … Continue reading
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Tagged Broad Academy, Broad Foundation, Charter School Growth Fund, charter schools, charter schools in florida, Darryl Cobb, DOE, education, education reform, FEA, Florida, Florida Board of Education, Florida schools, Jeb Bush, Patricia Levesque, race to the top, RTTT, steve wise
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Education’s Ruling “Plutocracy” of Billionaires
Quickly emerging as one of the nation’s most important education writers, Walt Gardner cautions that America should be concerned that billionaires are investing so much in education policy. Referencing the recent donation of NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg and others to save the … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple Computer, arne duncan, BIll Gates, billionaires, Broad Foundation, corporate money in education, DOE, Eli Broad, gates foundation, hedge funders, Karen Cator, market based reform, Mike Bloomberg, NYC schools, phillanthropic, privatization, school reform, schools, teach for america, Walton family
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New Jersey’s Simmering Cheating Scandal, Broad Foundation Alum Chris Cerf, and Jeb Bush’s Chiefs for Change
While Atlanta’s cheating scandal is revealing itself to be a witch’s cauldron of conspiracy, New Jersey’s slowly is gaining heat. Writes Bob Ingle, senior political columnist for the New Jersey Press Media: They’ve been keeping track of test answer erasures … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta, Broad Foundation, charter schools, cheating, cheating scandal, Chiefs for Change, Chris cerf, chris christie, DOE, Edison Education, Education commissioner, failing schools, Florida, florida governor, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Global Ed Advisors, high stakes testing, Jeb Bush, NCLB, New Jersey, new york, Newark, NYC schools, Sangari Global Education, standardized testing, test results, waivers
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The Atlanta Cheating Scandal, the Broad Foundation, NCLB and the Peril of Attaching Cash to Student Test Scores
Few opponents of today’s school reform juggernaut would find the above grouping in any way astonishing. But they might if they realized that the website where it was published is the influential and widely read, American Thinker. Write Anne Kane and M. Catherine … Continue reading
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Tagged arne duncan, Atlanta, Atlanta cheating, Baltimore, BIll Gates, Broad Foundation, cheating, DC, DC schools, DOE, education, education reform, Eli Broad, high stakes testing, michelle rhee, NCLB, race to the top, testing
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