Stop School Closings and Charter Takeovers

Today, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz announced that the New York City Department of Education is no longer pursuing the temporary siting of Brooklyn Prospect Charter School at PS 32,...

https://stopschoolclosings.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/charter-school-invasion-of-ps32-called-off/

Brooklyn Prospect Charter School is readying a move from Sunset Park into PS 32 on Hoyt and Union streets, a proposal that critics say will eliminate space dedicated to the school’s 40 autistic...

https://stopschoolclosings.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/city-plans-to-take-space-from-autism-program-at-ps-32-for-charter-school/

Three months after the Department of Education announced plans to close more than two dozen struggling schools, two more schools have been added to the list. Bronx Academy High School and Pacific...

https://stopschoolclosings.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/doe-adds-two-more-schools-to-list-of-closings/

by Glenn Pasanen Given a 10th chance to continue his serial budget cuts, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, at least on the surface, pulled back. The mayor’s preliminary budget for fiscal year 2012 and f...

https://stopschoolclosings.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/bloombergs-budget-surpluses/

MYTH # 1 “States and cities have budget deficits that must be solved by cutting expenditures, i.e. public sector worker wage freezes, layoffs, closing of schools, hospitals and firehouses, cuts...

https://stopschoolclosings.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-myths-behind-the-budget-crisis/

By Matt Meyer Though we may not like to admit it, the U.S. commitment to publicly supported teachers and students is coming to an abrupt end. The global corporate penchant for privatization, comm...

https://stopschoolclosings.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-end-of-public-education/

Parents Across America – Diane Ravitch from Grassroots Education Movement on Vimeo.

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Say goodbye to John F. Kennedy High School. In the wee hours of Feb. 4, the Panel for Educational Policy voted in favor of phasing out JFK, which opened in 1972, by 2014 starting next fall. But b...

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What Is a Charter School? The basic difference between a traditional public school and a privately run charter school is that with a charter school there is complete control of the school by a pr...

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