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.
Stop Rocketship Education Now! is a website full of interesting information concerning Rocketship Charter Schools. The website involves feedback from 50 members of the community of Washington/Tamien in Santa Clara and San Jose, CA. There is a lot of coverage here concerning Rocketship’s education program and how the community is following this school’s business in the community. They include other information about charter schools and Rocketship. The main goal of the citizens is to bring awareness to the troubling impact of Rocketship has had on their local school district. It includes a Latino information page and a petition.
The Southern Poverty Law Center “is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society.” They currently represent students with disabilities in New Orleans. They have a lot of publications having to do with 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?