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Category Archives: School Reform
Charter Schools vs. Public Schools, Past and Present
LISTEN TO SHANTA DRIVER download mp3 “The first charter school movement in the United States started from the Virginia Massive Resistance campaign,” said Shanta Driver, an education activist from Detroit and national co-chair of By Any Means Necessary (BAMN). “[It] … Continue reading
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Bobb and Walmart Eye DC
LISTEN TO TABRIAN CHAS JOE download mp3 Robert Bobb is not new to either the District of Columbia or Walmart. From 2003-2006, Bobb served as D.C.’s City Administrator under Mayor Anthony Williams and from 2006-2008 he was president of the … Continue reading
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Bruce Monroe Elementary: Case Study in Gentrification
LISTEN TO RAMIRO ACOSTA download mp3 In one of her first acts as D.C. Schools Chancellor, Michelle Rhee closed 23 public schools. Bruce Monroe Elementary School wasn’t one of them. The protests from the parents, staff and community prevented the … Continue reading
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Educate, Don’t Incarcerate
LISTEN TO MARYLAND SHAW download mp3 Maryland Shaw joined the Baltimore Algebra Project because, “I was wondering why I was reading books that were ten years older than I was. So I was like, ‘What can I do about it?’ … Continue reading
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Restoring Sanity in Education
LISTEN TO BRANDT & CAROLE ROBINSON download mp3 Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” on the National Mall in Washington, DC Saturday drew as many as 250,000 people. Dunedin High School teachers Carole and Brandt … Continue reading
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Hardy Middle School Students on School Reform
LISTEN TO MALACHI & MIRANDA WOODS download mp3 While there has been a great deal of discussion in the media surrounding school reform, rarely are the voices of those at the target end of those reforms heard from. Hardy Middle … Continue reading
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Local Headlines, Oct 22 – Wa. Post reports on for-profit colleges… awkward; Post smites enemies on D.C. Council, endorsing Republicans; and more…
download mp3 The Washington Post Co. owns the for-profit college and test company Kaplan, which earned a 2009 revenue of $2.6 billion, accounting for more than 60 percent of the Post Co.’s total revenue. For-profit colleges have come under federal … Continue reading
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Local Headlines, Oct 21 – Wash Post “school reform” manifesto, juvenile offenders to have their records released to public, and more…
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Courtland Milloy vs. the Washington Post
LISTEN TO COURTLAND MILLOY HERE: download MP3 Since 1983, Courtland Milloy’s columns for the Washington Post have dealt “primarily with issues that affect the lives of African Americans.” According to Milloy, Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s school … Continue reading
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“Waiting for Superman” – Spectrum Today, WPFW 89.3 FM, October 1, 2010
LISTEN TO CHRIS BERGFALK AND JIM LYONS HERE: download mp3 Jim Lyons and Chris Bergfalk joined host Pete Tucker for a discussion on the so-called “school reform” efforts of DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and the opening of the movie … Continue reading
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