National NAACP Board Approves Resolution Calling for Moratorium on Charter School Expansion

[October 15, 2016 Press Release from NAACP.org] “Statement Regarding The NAACP’s Resolution on a Moratorium on Charter Schools  CINCINNATI – Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Board of Directors ratified a resolution Saturday adopted by delegates at its 2016 107th National Convention calling for a moratorium on charter school expansion and…

Rocketship Pushes Expansion Despite Denials and Strong Community Opposition

[3/10/16  Update]: Despite strong community opposition and unanimous denials by district and county level school boards, the State Board of Education voted to allow Rocketship to expand their charter school chain to the Monument Corridor in Concord, California.  For more background on how decisions like these can be set in motion, see here. ## Why is there so much controversy surrounding the proliferation of Rocketship…

Civil Rights, Education, and Community Groups Demand End to High-Stakes Testing and Call for Moratorium on Charter School Expansion

Originally posted on Seattle Education:
This letter was issued on July 7, 2015. “We respectfully disagree that the proliferation of high stakes assessments and top-down interventions are needed in order to improve our schools.  We live in the communities where these schools exist.  What, from our vantage point, happens because of these tests is not improvement.  It’s destruction.”…

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