In 2011, soon after his election, Florida’s new Governor Rick Scott took Michelle Rhee on a tour to show off what Florida was doing in education. He took her to visit a charter school in Miami/Dade County, a middle school called Florida International Academy.
“We have to make sure our system does exactly what you are doing here at Florida International Academy,” Scott said.
Sad news. The elementary school attached to Florida International Academy was just starting. It shared the same campus and administration. There, things went from bad to worse.
“The elementary school earned an F in its first year. It improved to a D in 2012, but earned failing grades in 2013 and 2014.
“State law requires the closure of any charter school that receives consecutive Fs.”
The state is closing the elementary school. The middle school that Scott considers a model for the state earned a C.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
With the self-styled “education reformers” and their “danse macabre of the edulemons:” it often seems like deja vu all over again.
The entire blog posting, this website, 5/8/2013:
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This is an astonishing story.
In 2002, Arne Duncan began his infamous policy of shutting down schools in Chicago with low test scores.
Among the schools he closed was Dodge.
Dodge parents were outraged that their school was handed over to a private turnaround operator, but Duncan assured them it was for the best.
Fast forward to 2008, when President-elect Obama announced that he had picked Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education.
The event was held at Dodge Renaissance Academy, which the President praised as a “perfect example” of a turnaround school, an exemplar of Duncan’s great success.
Sadly, Chicago Public Schools is now closing Dodge Renaissance Academy as a failing school, along with Williams, another of Duncan’s “turnaround” schools.
What do you think this does to the children, the parents, and the community?
When is it okay to say that it is better to help struggling schools than to close them?
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Par for the course. It’s not a bug in the strategy of the edupreneurs and their educrat enablers and edubully enforcers but a feature:
“I go in, fix the system, move on to something else.” [Paul Vallas]
Link: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Paul-Vallas–213999671.html
Sustainable results? Being accountable for the consequences of your schemes? Taking responsibility for the harm and hurt you’ve caused?
As Leona Helmsley might say, “that’s only for the little people.”
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Is there a website where all US charter schools are listed and tracked, for their scores, outcomes, etc?
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Living in Florida has convinced me that the majority of voters here will vote for one of the two main political parties they have voted for in the past. “My whole family has always voted ********.”
In Dante’s Divine Comedy he mentions the political factions in Florence and their blind adherence to one party or another. To simplify things for people, each party claimed specific colors. Today we have red and blue states to keep things simple for Americans.
Until there are more than two parties supported by vast amounts of private donors, all the abuses will remain – unaccountable charter schools, Gulen profits used to overthrow foreign governments, Rick Scott blather, Jeb and the rich boys reaping obscene profits, and all of the plutocratic power games. Plutocrats will continue to do as they please as the propaganda rolls on and on.
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