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NEPC: Separating Fact and Fiction About Charter Schools; BY DIANE RAVITCH

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So how does the public find the truth about Charter Schools. This Ravitch blog shows how misleading 'reports' can be. The National Education Policy Center regularly reviews reports from think tanks and advocacy groups. In this report, its scholars review an effort by charter school advocates to defend charter schools against critics. "The conclusion: charters promote privatization and segregation. "National Charter School Report IS Misleading and Superficial."Read and see an academic review of the report finds that it perpetuated its own myths and fictions about charter schools rather than adding to the discourse surrounding school choice." et, the reviewers found that the report's main purpose appears to be the "repetition or 'spinning' of claims voiced by advocacy groups and think tanks that promote privatization and school choice." Furthermore, the reviewers found... GET THE TRUTH.
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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