| THIS post is IMPORTANT because it shows the HYPE and the SCAM used to undo public schools. READ as Diane Ravitch explains how it is done. The following post was written by a parent in Tennessee. The state's Achievement School District was created by former Commissioner Krvin Huffman with the intent of taking control of the state's lowest-performing public schools and handing them over to charter operators. The goal, promised ASD leader Chris Barbic was that the lowest 5% would be in the top 25% within five years. The clock is ticking. But this week Barbic is pushing legislation that would allow Barbic to recruit students from high-performing schools INTO schools the state has identified as "failing." Barbic told Tennessee legislators on Wednesday that parents are beating down his door to get into ASD charter schools that are some of the worst performing schools in the state, according to the state's highly touted accountability measures. However, Barbic FAILED TO MENTION hat parents have submitted a petition with 78 pages of signatures to the Memphis school board asking them to remove their school from Barbic's expanding charter school empire. Parents aren't "voting with their feet" to attend charter schools after all. |
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