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

Friday, December 17, 2010

School board yanks proposals for new charter schools


New Chicago Public Schools (CPS) interim chief, Terry Mazany, the head of the Chicago Community Trust, recently appointed to the helm of the CPS denied the request of nine charter schools to open issuing the statement: "We simply do not have any budget flexibility to allocate dollars that will not lead directly to improved educational outcomes for all of our students."
School board yanks proposals for new charter schools

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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