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… and parental empowerment from cornerstones of education reform to afterthoughts. In short, waivers are Unconstitutional, Illegal, and Immoral. In undermining Congress’ role in legislation, waivers are unconstitutional. See a letter from Senator Marco Rubio to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan making that case here. In undermining parental participation and involvement, waivers are illegal. NCLB expressly denies the Secretary of Education the ri…

… their assigned public school, according to a survey of Detroit parents by an Ann Arbor think tank. Teacher Pay Based On Everything But Performance Las Vegas Review-Journal , NV, April 10, 2012 Brent Bandhauer’s lengthy letter in Sunday’s Review-Journal (“Teachers just want what they’ve earned”) reveals a great deal about what is wrong with our education establishment. You Should Be Able To Vote On Charter Schools Je…

…n hiring, layoff and transfer decisions is ringing alarm bells among the state’s teachers unions. NAACP Weighs in on Charter School Closures in St. Louis The Southeast Missourian, MO, April 23, 2012 The NAACP has sent a letter to a top Missouri education official questioning why the more than 3,500 students attending a network of soon-to-close St. Louis charter schools haven’t been given the option of transferring to accredited school…

…k in it. The charter schools debate for this legislative session, as far as Tate Reeves is concerned, is done. NAACP Seeks Transfers For Charter School Students St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO, April 24, 2012 The NAACP has sent a letter to Missouri Education Commissioner Chris Nicastro asking why the 3,800 children at Imagine charter schools in St. Louis aren’t allowed to transfer to accredited schools in St. Louis County , as set forth in stat…

…mbly to pass it in its current form. State May Alter Plan For Grading Schools Columbus Dispatch, OH, April 27, 2012 Columbus School Superintendent Gene Harris and others took issue yesterday with a new state plan to hand out letter grades to Ohio schools — significantly below current levels, in most cases — and they might get some of what they want. Charter School Proponents Insist That They’d Never Go Back To Public Schools Chronicle-Telegram, …

Letter to the Editor Washington Post April 13, 2012 The emerging centerpiece of education reform in the United States is parental school choice. All over this country, progressive, forward-looking public officials are supporting legislation that expands quality educational options for the children of working-class parents. It is finally sinking in that more quality options lead to improvements in traditional school districts. For instance, legis…

…uld be enraged by this. … Why would you tie your hands legislatively from any possible solution to the achievement gap and to the failures of urban schools in Connecticut? It doesn’t make any sense.” Read the full letter. Sharpe said he has written legislators who are members of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus to alert them to the situation. “I would think the members would be enraged by a provision that denies the families th…

…h draws concern” unfairly upholds the notion that public charter schools unduly burden the financial health of the traditional public school system. This position, stated by the Shelby County Board of Education in their letter of denial for 17 public charter schools, and repeated by Memphis City Schools Supt. Kriner Cash, demonstrates a bias against school choice. Nashville Schools Seek Millions To Start Teachers At $40,000 The Tennessean, …

…c Schools Times-Picayune, LA, February 7, 2012 No one would call the system that Louisiana uses to measure the quality of its public schools the most intuitive. Last year, the state started giving each school the same type of letter grade everyone recognizes — A, B, C and so on. But the math behind them is still quirky. Large Number Of City Teachers Receive Unsatisfactory Evaluations Baltimore Sun, MD, February 7, 2012 Teachers believe it i…

…ay after admitting to illegally paying workers at bingo fundraisers for the school. Local Touch To School Laws Journal Gazette, IN, October 13, 2011 Now that performance pay, teacher evaluation tied to test scores and school letter grades are the law, Indiana educators must ensure that the way they meet the new requirements best serves students. CPS To Roll Out High School-College Hybrid Chicago Tribune, IL, October 12, 2011 A new type of schoo…