Sentences with phrase «turn against charter schools»

In 1993, Shanker turned against the charter school idea when he realized that for - profit organizations saw it as a business opportunity and were advancing an agenda of school privatization.

Not exact matches

As Governor Cuomo has turned his attention to how the state would deal with Ebola, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins appeared in Buffalo Friday campaigning against charter schools, Common Core and Fracking.

A small group of parents and supporters turned out last night, trying to mobilize against the school board closing School 115, what was once Pinnacle Charter Sschool board closing School 115, what was once Pinnacle Charter SSchool 115, what was once Pinnacle Charter SchoolSchool.

Which is why the movement needs a new political strategy — one that builds a broader constituency, whose success doesn't turn key supporters against it, and one that continues to encourage innovation in an increasing number of high - quality charter schools.

He was an early proponent of charter schools, but turned against them as he saw some launched by black militants or religious conservatives.

They had seen her at countless education forums, on the local nightly news, and in the daily paper at every turn of the school budget clock, determinedly defending her district and, increasingly, railing against charter schools.

That is the static view of the marketplace that induced Diane Ravitch, in her new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, to turn against accountability, charter schools, and school cSchool System, to turn against accountability, charter schools, and school cschool choice.

So it's worth noting the sharp left turn by Hillary Clinton and Democrats against education reform and the charter schools she and her husband championed in the 1990s.

The success of the charter school movement in most of the country undercuts the claims leveled by opponents to turn Washington voters against a proposal for change, one which had bipartisan approval of the Legislature and Democratic governor Gary Locke.

In the film, the single mom teams up with others to turn the failing school into a charter school and the teachers union fights against reforms, such as greater teacher accountability and more school choice.

From the perspective of these folks, most - notably the education historian - turned - sophist Diane Ravitch, the Newtown massacre serves as their chance to mount their usual criticisms of the school reform movement and advocate against public charter schools, as well as go beyond that.

Malloy, like newly sworn - in Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, has been a consistent supporter of efforts to privatize public education by turning over scarce public resources to charter schools despite the fact that these schools discriminate against Latino students, students who need help learning the English language and students who require special education services.