Do Laws Apply to Charter Schools? — K12 Responds to Criticism These news briefs appear on the October 10 edition of The Education Town Hall.
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“Shadow” Accountability, Futures Down the Pipeline, and the Campaign for Artful Resistance
In This Week’s Education Town Hall News: “Shadow” Accountability? U.S. DOE grants the first county-level NCLB waivers Badass Teachers join the protest Testing giant Pearson
Suiting Educational Policy to “Corporate Stakeholders”: DC and Beyond
National Educational Technology Standards (“NETS”) are the creation of an organization which “strongly believes that corporations are major stakeholders in education.” NETS — under review
Targeted Philanthropy and the New Focus on “Competency” Graduation Requirements
Money is a big force in educational decision-making. So is talk about money: Educators make all sorts of decisions based on financial issues. Public schools
Clarification: “Financial Interest” in Blended Learning Research Findings
Don’t Confuse Innosight Institute with Profit-Making Cousins Reaction to a recent Education Town Hall post suggests clarification of the phrase “financial interest in the findings.”
More DC Tax Dollars to Support Lobbying Efforts?
Nexus Academy is a product of the wealthiest of the three corporations to seek fast-track charter approval in the District of Columbia: RSED (Rocketship charter
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