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

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/84i9YDLwbzqZQWYJMvGLSE

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

PeerTube

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

https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2025/11/05/the-bradbury-group-with-chris-hipkins-fran-osullivan-john-tamahere-simon-wilson/

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

https://jennifermartinyt.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/school-decline-cycle-unfair-choices-for-students-market-dynamics-shorts/

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…

Jennifer Martin - South By West Austin Real Estate

Eww gross. Rimmer is using the wellbeing of autistic people to shill his corporate schools nonsense;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/577337/government-announces-new-charter-school-for-secondary-students-with-autism

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.

#education #CharterSchools #autistic

Government announces new charter school for secondary students with autism

The government has announced the Autism NZ Education Hub will start in Term 3 for neurodivergent secondary students who are struggling with traditional schooling.

RNZ

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

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/577206/bid-to-turn-kelston-boys-high-school-into-charter-school-not-endorsed-by-principal

#nzpol #charterschools

Bid to turn Kelston Boys' High School into charter school not endorsed by principal

Kelston Boys' High School has written to parents saying the bid, from Bangerz Education and Wellbeing Trust (BEWT), was not supported by it.

RNZ

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

https://jennifermartinyt.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/use-first-in-this-set-failing-schools-vs-charter-schools-a-tough-choice-for-austin-parents-shorts/

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-edge…

Jennifer Martin - South By West Austin Real Estate
NYC school named after Knicks legend Earl Monroe makes splash as first-ever hoops-themed charter https://www.rawchili.com/nba/354505/ #Basketball #CharterSchools #EarlMonroe #Knicks #Metro #NBA #NewYork #NewYorkKnicks #NewYork #NewYorkKnicks #TheBronx #USNews
NYC school named after Knicks legend Earl Monroe makes splash as first-ever hoops-themed charter - NBA

The country’s first hoops-themed school is already a slam dunk for students, officials said.

NBA

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

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

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.

ProPublica
In Learn4Life charter school network, millions of California taxpayer dollars get spent by one private corporation

Lifelong Learning operates outside California transparency laws, despite its outsize role in managing the schools and despite the millions it reaps in public funding.

East Bay Times