Of the $ 200 million committed, nearly $ 90 million went towards teacher back - pay, staff incentives and buyouts, $ 58 million towards the expansion of charter schools and $ 21 million to consultants from what one teacher called the «
school failure industry» — some charging $ 1000 a day for so - called «systems change.»
Not exact matches
The
failure to «stop the bleeding» stems, in part, from the
industry's reliance on an oft - cited, outdated and under - studied research model, said Cindy Riemenschneider, Ph.D., professor of information systems and associate dean for research and faculty development in Baylor University's Hankamer
School of Business.
The private
school industry's response to this
failure is to change the topic.
The letter is one of the most powerful statements to date about the
failure of the corporate education reform
industry agenda and the need to re-take control of our public
schools and preserve local control, parental involvement and the values inherent in a true system of public education.
If you bank with Webster Bank, Bank of America or any of the other corporations that are pushing Governor Dannel Malloy's corporate education reform
industry agenda, the next time you go to the bank, speak with your insurance company or communicate with one of CCER's funders, ask them why they are using the money that they take from us to undermine our public
schools and label our children as
failures.
The article conveniently overlooks that fact that the charter
school industry fails to provide equal educational opportunities for children who require special education services, those who aren't fluent in the English Language and those who are forced out of charter
schools for
failure to survive the abusive disciplinary policies.
A similar story is evident when looking at the charter
school industry's
failure to enroll and educate students who require special education services.
That said, the truth is hardly a concern when it comes to the slick marketing and public relations tactics of the charter
school industry and their allies in the corporate education reform movement who consistently — and wrongly — claim that American public education is a
failure.
The truth is Connecticut's public
school students have become guinea pigs for the Corporate Education Reform
Industry and implementing a test that is designed to ensure
failure for the vast majority of our children is nothing short of child abuse.
As the title suggests, Stanford business
school professor Jeffrey Pfeffer takes no prisoners in this hard - hitting book, which dissects the
failures of the «leadership
industry» and offers positive ways to make workplaces and careers work better.
In discussions about diversity and inclusion, legal
industry observers often criticize law firms for their
failure to keep pace with the increase in law
school diversity.
My secondary (but just as important) concern is that newbies and other longer term
failures - in - waiting who read your current article are more easily influenced by the old
school sales culture that pervades organized real estate to this day, and that old
school sales culture is the main problem that underpins the
industry.
Speak out (publicly) about the miscreants that you know about; ignore the
industry self - serving rule «Thou shalt not speak disparagingly about one's fellow registrant (s)» that serves to perpetuate the incompetent nature of the business due to the overwhelming numbers of here - today - gone - tomorrow incompetent
failures - in - waiting as well as due to the entrenched old -
school get -»em - on - paper - quick manipulative sales types.