The Tennessee legislature failed to pass the bill to gut local control. Greats Academy will not be able to open in the most affluent section of Nashville. Not this year. ALEC legislation failed. Charters unhappy. Angry moms prevail.
An informed public will not sell or give away public education.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
What a shame that it requires continual chipping away from the moms, and the swipe of a pen to create the messes we must face and correct. Why are students and teachers just so much “collateral damage”?
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Because they let it get this far in the first place. This is a war. They started it. If you do not play those rules you lose. Now we are getting lucky and maybe people are starting to wake up and play by the proper rules. What rules do you think they are playing by, Patty Cake and Bakers Man? They play for keeps and we must also. I sure do. This is a great win for everyone especially in Tennessee with Huffman, Rhee’s former husband who has custody of their children. Ask yourself “How did that happen?” Women never give up custody of their children.
Help us take LAUSD back from the corporate privatizers. The only board seat left now undecided is Board Seat 6. Help us elect Monica Ratliff and give Vladavic, LaMotte and Keyser the 4th vote to turn this on its head against the billionaires and hedge funds who do not care and do not forget Gates and the “Broadfather.”
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You don’t have to be an opponent of charter schools to recognize this as a sensible refusal to dive deeper into idiocy. What is odd to me is the “big brother” aspect of this — local districts can’t make reasoned decisions about charter schools and therefore have to be overruled by state officials who know better? Charter schools can be — and in a very few instances have been — crucibles of innovation. Turning to them can invigorate public school practice, particularly when they are in the hands of seasoned educators who recognize the limits, misdirections and political constraints of the public school establishment. But pretending that simply being a charter school is a formula for success is silly as a presumption and countered by data. Those closest to the impacts and costs can be trusted to make sensible decisions. And MNPS board and admin made a sensible decision in the case of Great Hearts.
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The Cure: “Fight fight fight. Just push it away. . . And never never stop “
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