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In the discussion thread: Labor board decides Chicago charter school is really private, subject to private sector laws. [View all]

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Thu Jan 3, 2013, 01:32 AM

HiPointDem (17,196 posts)

14. KR. LOCAL CONTROL MY ASS.

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Labor board decides Chicago charter school is really private, subject to private sector laws. [View all]	madfloridian	Jan 2013	OP
Then they need to stop getting public money	gollygee	Jan 2013	#1
My feelings exactly.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#2
Ditto. nt	Honeycombe8	Jan 2013	#34
Among other aspects, are these schools subject to FERPA or not? I would think	Jefferson23	Jan 2013	#3
If not they should be. They should have same tests as public schools. Make them public.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#5
Because both local & national administrations support it.	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#15
It can be tested via a FERPA request. Any parent can proceed with a request and the US Dept of Ed	Jefferson23	Jan 2013	#20
Seems Chicago to shut down 100 schools, add more charters run by private companies.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#4
Don't see how they can stop the teachers from unionizing.	LiberalFighter	Jan 2013	#6
Bingo. This 'outrage' is over which laws they can unionize under. nt	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#27
Here in Michigan, it's even more blatant.	knitter4democracy	Jan 2013	#7
Michigan's gov plans to privatize may get federal money, Race to the Top.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#9
if they receive state funds of any kind they can be unionized	madrchsod	Jan 2013	#8
another problem with these school closures is `turf'	madrchsod	Jan 2013	#10
I was reading about that. He seems clueless.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#13
AFAIC, if they take public money, they're public schools.	proud2BlibKansan	Jan 2013	#11
I feel the same. It's ridiculous the games they play.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#12
Bingo.	Starry Messenger	Jan 2013	#17
+1	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#18
You and I know they AREN'T public schools. I know what your point is.	duffyduff	Jan 2013	#45
KR. LOCAL CONTROL MY ASS.	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#14
Found a blog explanation...Charters get to decide what they are.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#16
This is nuts. They cannot decide which laws they are required to adhere to unless Arnie Duncan	Jefferson23	Jan 2013	#22
Charters do not get to decide what they are....I think this blogger might be less adept at	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#25
K&R nt	FloriTexan	Jan 2013	#19
Thank you.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#21
They need to be abolished, period.	duffyduff	Jan 2013	#23
The reporter who wrote the article you cited is an idiot. Both of your links lead back to the same	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#24
I suggest you not call 3 sources idiots.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#31
It's three blogs that use the same reporter, who is an idiot. These aren't 3 different 'sources.'	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#36
I suggest you read again. One is from last year. One refers to another article.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#38
Nitpicking? I'm asking you to read the decision you are reporting on!	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#40
Arne Duncan and Rahm Emmanuel, two of the worst threats to the	sabrina 1	Jan 2013	#26
This is an NLRB decision. What do either men have to do with it? Neither the City, nor the DOE	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#28
The fact is that those two men have been enemies of the Public School	sabrina 1	Jan 2013	#29
+1	Jefferson23	Jan 2013	#30
Well, I guess if they had a time machine, they could go back to 2005, when the school was chartered,	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#32
This has nothing to do with the date of the charter. Don't hijack a thread...	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#35
I wasn't the one who brought up Arne Duncan and Rahm Emanuel. Take it up with the poster who did.nt	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#37
Sabrina was right to bring it up. This ugly reform arose in Chicago and we need to say it...	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#39
Well, if Sabrina's gonna bring it up, I'm gonna comment. You are free to put me on ignore. nt	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#41
Nope, I am not putting anyone on ignore.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#42
14 people have you on ignore, and that makes you a "troll or Obama-hater?"	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#43
Ha, and not everyone does for sure.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#44
Link, please to posts where you are called "troll" or "Obama-hater." nt	msanthrope	Jan 2013	#46
Arne has harmed education more than Rod Paige did.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#33

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