All Hail the Education System

In comparison to districts across the nation, Utica has always been financially healthy. Utica has been a wealth of potential for multiple facets of education, art and culture and many of those programs have been decimated to cater to the special interest of profiteers and politicians. This gives Klenow the power to close schools at will as was seen in Detroit under the rule of Broad graduate Bob Bobb when he served as Emergency Financial Manager of Detroit Public Schools and closed schools with a proposal to open 30 new charter schools.

Both the state legislature and the governor are pushing for an increase in online virtual learning academies. Records also indicate that Carol Klenow is the Program Administrator of a virtual learning academy that was rewarded a pilot by the Governor.

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While Klenow built her virtual learning academy, Utica Community Schools began a major curriculum overhaul and created classroom populations that are much larger than surrounding districts. All at a high price. With the continued destruction of educational opportunities in Utica, many students will seek alternatives. The Broad trained superintendent was hired with the goal of destroying successful educational opportunities and replacing those with opportunities that will benefit private interests.

Christine Johns is one of the most highly compensated Superintendents across the state. The Governor, State Legislature and other state government executives profit from Carol Klenow determining their compensation. Many individuals will profit while education methods, as offered by the Oakland County Virtual Learning Academy Consortium and Digital Promise remain untested and unproven, destroying many of the opportunities for students across Michigan. This article was written by a source who chooses to remain anonymous and edited by Dora Taylor.

Private schools hire teachers, the public school pays their salaries and submits hours for reimbursement by the state.

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NO chance for fraud here. And by no chance, I mean the state department of education has been told about this and done nothing. What are we teaching our children? Stealing is ok as long as you do not get caught? My late wife, who retired from UCS as an upper el teacher, would be spitting tacks. In Wyoming, an elected State School of Superintendent continues to place our schools in jeopardy through lack of management, personnel, financial skills.

Now, since her ineptness is causing vast problems, more oversight comes from the same Legislature as well as intervention and oversight from the Governor and office. Is this lack of structure, organization, etc. You have a few people at the Federal level with no connection to what is happening at the state and district level, demanding compliance to edicts with no understanding of where each district is in terms of education or finances. I mention finances because many of the edicts of Race to the Top are expensive. The cost is high in terms of required testing and evaluations, school turnarounds, longer days, merit pay, and the common core curriculum which will cost a fortune for districts with the required new books, lessons and tests.

Education is not one size fits all but unfortunately our Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, who has no background in education, does not understand this. At the state level you can have the same problem when politicians are determining how a child will be educated. There are many influences that surround a politician.

Along with that, many of our state legislators are not familiar with public schools or education in general therefore making poor choices for all students in their state. The more that I see, the more I believe that the district needs to have ultimate control of their schools. Each district is unique and has its strengths and weaknesses. What we need to do is ensure that our school districts have enough funding to do what they know needs to be done for each child.

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Both of my children attend elementary school in this district. You create a policy environment where choice is the norm, where schools have the freedom to improve and retain parents. We have a choice and competition model, where schools are competing for the interest of parents. In the New Orleans school market, where parents are purchasers and schools tout for custom, the state's role is increasingly to act as a regulator rather than a provider of services.

All Hail the American Education System: Uplifting the Dollar over Children!

In an attempt to ensure that schools don't game the system, a unified system of enrolment has been introduced for the whole city, with places at oversubscribed schools decided by lottery rather than how close the family lives. Schools must abide by the same rules on exclusions. A network of school buses provides transport, enabling families to choose a school distant from their home. Parents are motivated by a range of inducements, not just a school's academic achievement.

Ava Lee, director of the Samuel J Green charter school, says some are attracted to the extended school day, in which children are offered a range of sporting and cultural activities from flag football to African dance. Others appreciate the school's healthy eating ethos; it has an "edible schoolyard" growing aubergines, kale, chillies and strawberries. Learning how to cook and eat healthily is on the curriculum here.

It's no longer the neighbourhood school; it's really parent choice. The most controversial aspect of the Louisiana reforms is the extension of school choice outside the public system. A pilot voucher programme has existed in New Orleans since , but has been expanded statewide under measures signed into law by Governor Jindal in April. Unlike the pilot, the new programme is open to children from kindergarten to 12th grade. Places at private schools are assigned by lottery and the state voucher covers tuition fees.

Jack Loup, founder of the Coalition for Louisiana Public Education, argues that there is no evidence to support the view that private schools are better. I went to a parochial [church] school. I certainly have nothing against them. But they don't take any tests to prove they are doing better than other schools. All they have done is throw it out there, saying parents know what's best for their child — parents have no idea how well the school is teaching their child.

The initiative has meant a significant boost to the enrolment of schools like the Life of Christ Christian Academy, a non-denominational religious school in New Orleans. She acknowledged that the religious setting is uncomfortable for some, but said her small class sizes and relaxed teaching style are attractive to many parents. Its not robotic, not military-oriented. Many parents are drawn to the moral values she instils, Frilot said, as well as valuing her "no-nonsense" reputation. Religious education here takes the form of a Bible studies class rather than comparative faith, but science is never censored, Frilot said.

I'm not saying [religion] is the only way. Private schools that accept the vouchers must enter those students for the same standardised tests taken by public schools. If they fail to reach the bar set for state schools, they face removal from the programme. In Louisiana, the state sets clear limits on the marketplace.

In the end, accountability to its testing regime trumps choice: Neerav Kingsland, chief strategy officer of the not-for-profit group New Schools for New Orleans, likens it to licensing restaurants. If some schools are performing so bad on tests, even if parents want to got there it's a civic duty to close that option. Granting schools greater autonomy is regarded as vital to the health of the system.

Freeing schools from central control — chiefly by setting up charters — has been a hallmark of education reform in the US, embraced by the leaders of both parties.

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With this freedom comes the latitude to tailor a bespoke approach to complex problems, White said. He and I worked together in New York; we were joking about what would happen if we tried to do that in the New York City system. In common with conservative education reforms across the US, New Orleans schools have come under increased competitive pressure while facing tight spending settlements. In particular, the Recovery School District — a group of underperforming Louisiana schools which have been taken over by the state government — is making "significant cuts" in expenditure, according to the Cowen Institute.

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Loup, of the Coalition for Louisiana Public Education, said: That increase is what allows the school system to handle the increasing costs that we receive every year, for retirement, for healthcare, for the gas that goes on the bus. That's the biggest thing that's holding our school system back. It means the schools are not going to do well, they'll have lower scores, it makes us look like we're not doing our job.

Even before Katrina, the quality of infrastructure in New Orleans was poor. Its roads, built on swampy ground and poorly maintained, are often bumpy and potholed. The officials behind its school reforms say one of their concerns is to deal with a gap the government can fix; the supply of skilled workers.

Raising standards in schools means more jobs in sectors like oil and gas, a mainstay of the state's economy, can be filled by local people. Patrick Dobard, superintendent of the Recovery school district, said: The public school system in New Orleans remains skewed by race and income compared with the city it serves.

Meanwhile, those at the forefront of change are often white, prompting accusations that this is a reform imposed by outsiders. Since the charter school programme was accelerated in the wake of Katrina, the profile of school staff has changed; it has become whiter and younger. White, the state superintendent, acknowledges the change — around half of school leaders are now white, he says. It's over a third white. The concentration of African American children in New Orleans schools dates back to desegregation; white flight created entirely black schools in the inner city, and largely white ones in the suburbs.