In the Progressive Populist, Dec. 1, 2015, Jesse Jackson, in a column, cites Center for Media and Democracy reporting, “…$ 3.7 billion in federal money has been larded onto charter schools-the centerpiece of the so-called reformers’ agenda-during the last two decades with virtually no accountability. The result is often a simple rip-off…”
He specifically references New York Success Academy schools, relative to after-enrollment, cherry picking.
He describes charter schools as spreading like kudzu.
Justifying the exploitation of minority families and taxpayers, under the guise of a civil rights movement, is one of many reasons, Congressional hearings are long overdue..
I read the link to federal civil rights complaint in New Orleans and this jumped out at me:
“The schools demand a uniformity among the students and enforce it with harsh discipline for petty matters such as: (1) requiring all students to firmly shake the hands of their teachers and administrators at the beginning of each day and before each class; (2) walking straight on a line; (3) being required to be silent “at level zero” in the hallways, often at lunchtime or whenever a teacher demands; (4) being required to sit in an upright position all day, hands folded on the desk, feet planted firmly on the floor, and looking straight ahead; (5) being required to raise their hand in lock-elbow position in class or receive demerits if their arm is not straight, (6) being suspended for minor misbehaviors like laughing too much, inappropriate displays of affection such as hugging a friend, and most commonly for being ‘disrespectful.'”
I certainly would have been kicked out of school very early. One wonders how this prepares the students to be independent thinkers and citizens.
In the Progressive Populist, Dec. 1, 2015, Jesse Jackson, in a column, cites Center for Media and Democracy reporting, “…$ 3.7 billion in federal money has been larded onto charter schools-the centerpiece of the so-called reformers’ agenda-during the last two decades with virtually no accountability. The result is often a simple rip-off…”
He specifically references New York Success Academy schools, relative to after-enrollment, cherry picking.
He describes charter schools as spreading like kudzu.
Justifying the exploitation of minority families and taxpayers, under the guise of a civil rights movement, is one of many reasons, Congressional hearings are long overdue..
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I read the link to federal civil rights complaint in New Orleans and this jumped out at me:
“The schools demand a uniformity among the students and enforce it with harsh discipline for petty matters such as: (1) requiring all students to firmly shake the hands of their teachers and administrators at the beginning of each day and before each class; (2) walking straight on a line; (3) being required to be silent “at level zero” in the hallways, often at lunchtime or whenever a teacher demands; (4) being required to sit in an upright position all day, hands folded on the desk, feet planted firmly on the floor, and looking straight ahead; (5) being required to raise their hand in lock-elbow position in class or receive demerits if their arm is not straight, (6) being suspended for minor misbehaviors like laughing too much, inappropriate displays of affection such as hugging a friend, and most commonly for being ‘disrespectful.'”
I certainly would have been kicked out of school very early. One wonders how this prepares the students to be independent thinkers and citizens.
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