tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post4588883384282526912..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Charter Laboratory Is FailingPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-72769070002208607802015-04-10T11:16:38.610-04:002015-04-10T11:16:38.610-04:00I once attended a debate about charters at which C...I once attended a debate about charters at which Caprice Young, then head of the Calif. Charter Schools Assn. (now associated with the Gulen charters, I believe) was the pro side. At the end was a "submit questions in writing" period and I asked what innovations she could name that charters had "pioneered." She stumbled and stammered for a while and then said, "Um ... foreign language programs?" (Seems like actually I've heard of foreign language being taught in public schools for eons.) <br /><br />(For the record, this was many years ago at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club, with veteran San Francisco Board of Education Commissioner Jill Wynns on the anti-charter side.) carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127336930949752636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-47727519958560055182015-04-07T20:24:52.208-04:002015-04-07T20:24:52.208-04:00Thanks for the link.Thanks for the link.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-40058017971700777702015-04-07T11:14:59.281-04:002015-04-07T11:14:59.281-04:00Also Albany:
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/articl...Also Albany:<br /><br />http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/04/8564874/education-model-fell-apartreality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.com