Archive for January 24th, 2010
That Giant Sucking Sound
Is the sound of public tax dollars financing the new hot thing in commercial real estate speculation. Kansas City Business Journal [h/t Schools Matter]
Entertainment Properties Trust has increased its investment in public charter schools by $48 million, the company said Friday.
The company (NYSE: EPR) purchased five new charter schools from Imagine Schools Inc. of Arlington, [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2010 under Education Policy, Schools.
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More On Arne’s “Chicago Miracle”
Same as it ever was… Chicago Tribune
Six years after Mayor Richard Daley launched a bold initiative to close down and remake failing schools, Renaissance 2010 has done little to improve the educational performance of the city’s school system, according to a Tribune analysis of 2009 state test data.
Scores from the elementary schools created under Renaissance [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2010 under Education Policy, Politics, Public Intellectuals.
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