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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

8-27-14 Schools Matter

Schools Matter:





Lee County, Florida First to Opt Out Entire System From State Standardized Testing
Lee Schools made history Wednesday night when they voted to become the first school district in the state to opt out of all statewide, standardized tests.

"TeacherTown" Now Paying Charters Over $80 Million Per Year in Projected Enrollment Cash
Not only is Shelby County and the State coughing up over $80 million each year for corporate reform schools whose test scores are, for the most part, the same or worse than the schools they replaced, but almost $20 million of that is for enrollment that never materialized.  In 2013-14, the profiteering charters over-estimated their enrollment to collect millions they use to make more.  When they d




8-26-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Klein Doing Damage Control for Deasy While Selling His Own Tablet SolutionOle McChoakumchild, himself, Joel Klein, had his media mothballs removed long enough this morning to go on CBS to pretend to defend "Dr." John Deasy's slimeware that he provided for Apple hardware  and Pearson software to complete the Los Angeles IPad fiasco deal.  What he was really for is to get M