Charter School Scandals tells you all you want to know about the serious problems found with charter schools across the nation. Sharon Higgins also blogs on The Broad Report and The Perimeter Primate. Archived Information.
Stop Rocketship Education Now! information concerning Rocketship Charter Schools. The site involves feedback from 50 members of the community of Washington/Tamien in Santa Clara and San Jose, CA. They cover Rocketship’s education program and the troubling impact Rocketship has had on their local school district. It includes a Latino information page and a petition, but it is archived information.
Southern Poverty Law Center nonprofit civil rights organization with a long history dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry. They seek justice for the most vulnerable members of society. They represented students with disabilities in New Orleans. Their publications are about fighting hate, teaching tolerance, and seeking justice.
Reports
Scott, Janelle. 2009. “The Politics of Venture Philanthropy in Charter School Policy and Advocacy” Educational Policy. 23 (1): 106-136.
Books
The Charter School Dust-Up:Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement, by Martin Carnoy, Rebecca Jacobsen, Lawrence Mishel, and Richard Rothstein
What’s Public About Charter Schools? Lessons Learned About Choice and Accountability by Gary Miron and Christopher Nelson
Where Charter School Policy Fails: The Problems of Accountability and Equity Edited by Amy Wells
I need your help to stop a teacher who bullies my child’s second grade class. She would not allow a good student to go to the bathroom. The little girl ended up urinating herself in class.
My daughter asked to go to the nurse and said I have a really bad stomach ache. The teacher yelled at her and told her to go sit down.
This teacher has placed my child on the wall during recess twice this year for me forgetting to initial her homework. My child is a straight A student. She always has been. She is very bright, kind and has never had any disciplinary issues with her past 3 teachers. Taking away recess from children is not healthy since they sit for 7hrs and 45min. daily. My child is trying to lose 5lbs. Diabetes runs in my family. I emailed the teacher about not taking away recess, and she emailed me a harsh response. What can I do? I told her do not place my child on the wall again. I live in PA. Do I have the right to tell her not to wall my child during recess; it is a public school?