Michael Dunn's Blog Posts Tagged 'Schools' (15)

Left Wing USA Today Supports Education Revolution

Teachers Veto Parent Trigger

Birth of California's First Mega-Charter School

Charter Schools: The New Jim Crow

The Civil Rights Project, at UCLA, has just released a new report documenting the intense segregation that occurs at charter schools. The organization has been studying charter schools for seven years and has found that students are substantially more isolated by race and class than at traditional public schools.…

Private Charters Score Another Victory in L.A.

For the second time in LAUSD history, Los Angeles school officials are ceding control of one of their schools to private companies. Watts’ Jordan High School, a low performing “turnaround” school will be split into three campuses. The school’s 200 teachers will have to reapply for their jobs or find…

NewTLA: Voice of Reform or Reaction Within UTLA?…

Brown Pays Back CTA With Felon & Lobbyist

Brown to Unions: Thanks for Cash, Now Piss Off…

Top 10 Censored Education Stories of the Decade…

Teacher Quality and Testing Don’t Mix

Parent Trigger or Corporate Bomb?

California Charters Cheating on Calories?

Auditors were unable to determine whether California's charter schools are providing nutritious meals to students. Charter schools are exempt from

the federal law mandating that schools provide nutritious meals…

Charter School is Re-Renamed for the Ex-Governator.…

Parent Triggers: People Power or Corporate Financed Witch Hunts?

On August 2, the California Board of Education approved Common Core Standards (CCS), aligning its standards with 33 other states. The vote barely beat a

deadline to adopt CCS or lose federal “Race to the Top” (RTTT) funds

worth $700 million. On the surface it seemed like a smart move: reform

education and win much needed funds. In reality, the plan weakened

education in California, as we already had some of the…