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Schools Grading Parents?

October 19, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Success Academies, a charter school network in New York City, grades their parents on homework supervision, school readiness, responsiveness and investment.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: charter schools, Eva Moskowitz, Parental Investment, parental involvement, Success Academies

Hal Heiner’s First Priority Should Be Repealing Common Core

June 21, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Kentucky Education & Workforce Secretary Hal Heiner says he wants to address the state’s achievement gap through charter schools, not repealing Common Core.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: achievement gap, charter schools, Common Core State Standards, Hal Heiner, Matt Bevin

Michelle Rhee’s Campaign Cash Infusion

July 3, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Today’s Moring Education article at Politico discussed StudentsFirst involvement in the 2012 elections.  It also sheds some light on why the Common Core is entrenched within the Republican ranks and some Governors. Former D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee directed hundreds of thousands of dollars in the last election cycle to conservative candidates and organizations through her […]

Filed Under: Candidates on Education Tagged With: charter schools, Common Core, Michelle Rhee, school choice, school vouchers, StudentsFirst

Transferring Poor Performing Public Schools to Poorly Performing Charters

July 2, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

I had a post from Diane Ravitch emailed to me this morning.  In a post entitled “Theft of Public Education in Memphis” she described what seems to be a colossal shift of taxpayer money from public schools to charter schools in Memphis, TN. The Memphis schools will be merged with the schools of Shelby County, […]

Filed Under: School Choice Tagged With: Bill Gates, charter schools, Diane Ravitch, Jeb Bush, Jim Horn, Memphis Public Schools, Stand for Children

Jon Huntsman: We’ll Be Better Off If Education Policy Is Pushed to the Local Level

December 6, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

I watched the video of yesterday’s blogger’s briefing at The Heritage Foundation with former Utah Governor and Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman.  Rob Bluey of The Heritage Foundation asked Governor Huntsman the first question after he gave his opening remarks about the Obama administration’s run around Congress with national education standards and No Child Left Behind […]

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Education at State Level, Federalized Education, School Choice Tagged With: charter schools, Heritage Foundation, homeschooling, Jon Huntsman, national education standards, No Child Left Behind, private schools, Rob Bluey, school choice, U.S. Department of Education

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