• RT @pienetwork: WaPo says #ARRA 2 bill should encourage teacher layoffs according to ability, not seniority #edreform #
  • More reasons to oppose #ARRA II/Harkin bill: Most of Calif.'s 26,000 layoffs rescinded notes Fensterwald: #teachers #
  • RT @tkonz: NEW STORY:Ky teacher/principal evaluations will be tied to student performance #RttT #edreform #TQ #teachers #
  • RT @teachintexas @DR_E_WATERS: Study indicated Black girls most influenced by mothers (47%),least by fathers (8%), teachers (3%). #BlackEd #
  • @DR_E_WATERS: Sadly this isn't surprising. Seventy percent of black births are to unwed mothers. The result: Perpetuation of pathologies… #
  • @DR_E_WATERS: that further destroy black families. Sons, daughters don't learn from strong, positive male role models. #BlackEd #
  • Raina Kelly writes the #headshaker of the week: Argues teachers/low quality of instruction isn't to blame for ed crisis #
  • Raina's didn't offer much of anything. Should try harder or stay out of ed discussions. #
  • Raina's piece didn't offer much of anything. She should either try harder or stay out of ed discussions. #
  • @TPCarney Tim: Cons/libertarians been declaring war on it for decades. But then we see the enemy. As Pogo would say, it is all of us. in reply to TPCarney #
  • Why would anyone hate chances to escape dropout factories? RT @katie_honan: hates those pro-charter schools commercials with a deep passion #
  • Seriously, why would anyone dare tell children and parents to stay mired in academic failure mills? Especially if your own kids avoid them. #
  • I really want opponents of #schoolchoice #parentpower and #edreform to think real hard about this. They should. And think again. #
  • Gd answer RT @ccothran7 @dropoutnation Because they would rather children go to a school that teaches what to think rather than how to think #
  • Apparently Giroux has never looked at ed school curricula. It's why they aren't in the #edreform conversation #hshaker #
  • And Wlady too! RT @daveweigel: Whoa: Young, sexy Chris Hitchens on Tipper Gore #
  • @TPCarney @jaketapper: Calm down, folks. One made a joke. The other called it a bad joke. Big deal! Go back to your corners and play nice. #
  • @JohnMHammer 1) Seats in charters are selected by blind lottery, which means anyone who applies can get in until the seats are all gone in reply to JohnMHammer #
  • @JohnMHammer Charters are actually less selective than many trad. public schools, which use zoning, ability tracking to pick pupils in reply to JohnMHammer #
  • @JohnMHammer And though charters can suspend/expel students, so can trad. public schools, which, by the way, use it promiscuously in reply to JohnMHammer #
  • @JohnMHammer based on the actual suspension/expulsion numbers of most states. And charters can't send their hardest-to-teach kids to in reply to JohnMHammer #
  • @JohnMHammer alternative schools or place them in special ed programs. in reply to JohnMHammer #
  • @JohnMHammer I think you need to correct your initial statement. in reply to JohnMHammer #
  • RT @lizzyg724 @nytimes: Charter schools. NY Assembly expected to vote on deal that would double number. http://nyti.ms/9jphY9 #edreform #
  • Thank you all for the retweets. Also, thank you for listening to the Dropout Nation Podcast. It is now on Podcast Alley's top 50 ed podcasts #
  • In NYS, Assembly increases # of charter schools from 200 to 460. Should have ended cap altogether #RttT #edreform #
  • RT @amyalkon @jillstewart @laweekly 'Decline To State' Voters Grow In Numbers As Californians Flee DNC RNC #
  • @katie_honan please explain. Based on all that we know about trad. Public ed, far too many poor urban and rural kids are already in in reply to katie_honan #
  • @katie_honan schools that relegate them into status as future dropouts. For them, charters offer them real equality of ed. Please explain. in reply to katie_honan #
  • @katie_honan offer more than ad hominem. Consider that many charters operate with $2,000 less than trad public schools, yet achieve in reply to katie_honan #
  • @katie_honan better results. in reply to katie_honan #
  • Let the Lord let him finally rest. RT @urbanophile @Audarshia: good Lord. RIP, Gary Coleman. #
  • @katie_honan which is why more choice-along with support for parents making high-quality ed decisions-is what is needed. Not the status quo. in reply to katie_honan #
  • @katie_honan by the way, charters don't pick. The kids are selected from a blind lottery. In other words, draw from the hat. in reply to katie_honan #
  • @katie_honan what this means is that the parents choose from the choices available. Unfortunately, for most families, the choices are in reply to katie_honan #
  • @katie_honan no choice at all. In most states, the number of charters are limited, either by law or by actions of school districts in reply to katie_honan #
  • @katie_honan which are allowed to oversee charters even though they also run the trad. public schools with which charters compete. in reply to katie_honan #
  • RT @tvanderark DSST is a fantastic #CharterSchool growing to 5; double Denver grads going to 4 yr U w/o remed #edreform #

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