Charter schools

Charter schools

Fewer sped, iep students taken
Run by business;their children go to private schools
Only 17% charters do better
Students decrease when school performance goes up
Segregated by low income and middle class
Parents have no voice
Lottery -only some kids get in
Can't find help (charter schools have own board of directors)
New Orleans flood, then charter( arnie Duncan likes it)
Joe Klein under Mayor Bloomberg

Finland : 98% union teachers, small classes, Less testing.

Va, Ga, NC, SC, TX have no union - lowest SAT scores.

Testing since 2002-NCLB eliminates critical thinking, not connect teaching to life, what is wrong with these tests?

Need more teaching less testing
Empower parents
Culturally relevant curriculum
Non-racist curriculum


Education is not a business

Bluberry effect

Michele Rhee -50 graduation class size. Much 1 on 1.

Teachers' working condition is your children's learning condition.