Mamie Till Mobley

"There was an important mission for me, to shape so many...young minds as a teacher. God took away one child but...(gave) me thousands. And I have been grateful for the blessing." Mamie Till Mobley

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A comment on the Espada Charter School video

This video is an example of the havoc the policies of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have caused in state government across the nation , requiring school districts across the country to create conditions for the development of charter schools in order to privatize and turn them over to investors who view them as a great "cash flow."  Ironically, charter schools were created by educators for experimentation and innovation and to bring back the ideas to the schools so all children benefit from the experiment. That is not what they have become today. Charter schools do have a role to play in the American public school system and as a wake up call to dysfunctional public schools or the so called diploma mills that graduate inner city students ill prepared for the work force or higher education.

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Whitney Tilson (3rd background)

Whitney Tilson (3rd background)
"Let’s be honest: we need a lot more well-off, well-educated white folks with a personal stake in both charter schools and education reform in general if we’re going to take reform to the next level, both politically and operationally.Whitney Tilson, hedge fund manager and major funding angel for the school privatizing Democrats for Education Reform, thinks there’s not enough rich, educated white folks.( Preaprez) click photo to his blog.

Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan
U.S. Secretary of Education, click photo