Charter Schools: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Charter Schools: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The story of Seth Andrew, a silver-tongued thief who wreaked havoc in my little Vermont town—until the FBI arrested him for stealing $218,000.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2022/08/seth-andrew
#SethAndrew #thief #MarlboroCollege #Vermont #DemocracyPrep #CharterSchools
"...the Charter School model is just totally, fundamentally flawed. Labour will repeal the Charter School model, we'll deal with any schools that have been established in the meantime on a case-by-case basis ..."
#ChrisHipkins, NZ Labour leader, 2025
This is the kind of bottom line we need to hear more of from Labour. "Charter Schools" can be converted to Special Character schools, just like the last lot.
#podcasts #WaateaNews #BradburyGroup #education #CharterSchools
School Decline Cycle: Unfair Choices for Students & Market Dynamics #shorts
When students leave AISD for charter schools, funding follows—impacting remaining students. Low demand devalues schools, trapping some in a cycle of decline. This video explores how that problem is being addressed. #CharterSchools #Funding #Education #AISD from Austin Uncovered

When students leave AISD for charter schools, funding follows—impacting remaining students. Low demand devalues schools, trapping some in a cycle of decline. This video explores how that problem is…
Eww gross. Rimmer is using the wellbeing of autistic people to shill his corporate schools nonsense;
This could have been started just as easily as a so-called special character school within the public school system. With much better protections for the rights and interests of students, parents and staff.
The office for Associate Education Minister and charter schools supporter, David Seymour said it would not comment because politicians were not involved in decision making.
Pffffft
use first in this set- Failing Schools vs Charter Schools: A Tough Choice for Austin Parents #shorts
When parents pull kids from failing schools for charter options, district funding follows the student. Fewer students means less money for teachers, maintenance, and resources—creating a multi-edged sword for struggling schools. #CharterSchools #SchoolFunding #EducationDebate #PublicEducation from Austin Uncovered

When parents pull kids from failing schools for charter options, district funding follows the student. Fewer students means less money for teachers, maintenance, and resources—creating a multi-edge…
Privatize!! Privatize!! Privatize!! Long live the dictatorship of the Market!!!
"ducation Secretary Linda McMahon has been clear about her desire to shut down the agency she runs. She’s laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door.
She calls it “the final mission.”
But the department is not behaving like an agency that is simply winding down. Even as McMahon has shrunk the Department of Education, she’s operated in what she calls “a parallel universe” to radically shift how children will learn for years to come. The department’s actions and policies reflect a disdain for public schools and a desire to dismantle that system in favor of a range of other options — private, Christian and virtual schools or homeschooling.
Over just eight months, department officials have opened a $500 million tap for charter schools, a huge outlay for an option that often draws children from traditional public schools. They have repeatedly urged states to spend federal money for poor and at-risk students at private schools and businesses. And they have threatened penalties for public schools that offer programs to address historic inequities for Black or Hispanic students.
McMahon has described her agency moving “at lightning rocket speed,” and the department’s actions in just one week in September reflect that urgency.
Over just eight months, department officials have opened a $500 million tap for charter schools, a huge outlay for an option that often draws children from traditional public schools."
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-public-schools-activists-linda-mcmahon-trump
#USA #Trump #Schools #Education #CharterSchools #Privatization

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.
CPH Daily Bulletin 10/7/2025
In #Learn4Life charter school network, millions of #California taxpayer dollars get spent by one private corporation