Forbes’ Nick Morrison on Rocketship’s technology over-dependence. Rocketship students spend up to two hours a day on computers. During that time, the students are supervised by uncredentialed teacher aids (euphemistically coined Indpendent Learning Specialists). Nick Morrison, in this Forbes post,…
Read MoreLongtime Merc columnist Scott Herhold finally admits in writing: He’s just about the only republican in Santa Clara County I rarely find myself in agreement with Bob Brownstein, the policy and research director of the labor-oriented Working Partnerships USA. Brownstein…
Read MorePulitzer Prize Winner Gary Cohn links Silicon Valley, Vergara tenure suit & Rocketship with corporate education profiteering Snippets from Cohn’s article are below, read the full article at Capital & Main: http://capitalandmain.com/bonanza-silicon-valley-sees-gold-in-corporate-driven-school-reforms/ According to Bymaster, the big secret to making…
Read MoreStopRocketship.com Investigative Analysis: San Jose’s charter schools miss the mark on teacher experience. San Jose’s Charter schools that serve predominantly low income students have surprisingly low experience levels as compared with the public schools serving the same children. San Jose…
Read MoreSlate magazine on Sweden’s privatization Disaster. Is there something to be learned? Slate magazine wrote this week about the failure of the privatization movement in Sweden. Officials in Sweden, where a tenth to a quarter of the students attend privatized…
Read MorePast the deadline, Rocketship withdraws their application to open 16 charters in Texas, ruffling feathers in Texas Education Agency For the second time in the past year, Rocketship has withdrawn a charter application at the last second. Rocketship withdrew an…
Read MoreMercury News, champion of Charters, criticizes Rocketship The Mercury News, which has written nearly 10 editorials in favor of Rocketship, has just joined a growing media chorus discussing some of the downsides of Rocketship Education. It’s a milestone event that…
Read MoreSanta Clara County Board of Education Unanimously approves Rocketship Jackson, snubbing Alum Rock’s School Board Rocketship’s Jackson St school, now named Rocketship Fuerza, won a unanimous victory at the County Office of Education last Wednesday. The road to opening Rocketship…
Read MoreInterim County Supt, Dewan, dismisses Alum Rock’s 32 page Rocketship analysis with one & only one sentence: “Staff found no indicators of an unsound educational program”. Staff Recommendation: Approve Rocketship Jackson St. Vote scheduled for a Wed June 18th all-night…
Read MoreRocketship Alum Rock petition scheduled for an initial hearing on June 4th at the Santa Clara County Office of Education Come to support public education, 5:00pm 1290 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose Come support public education by making your voice…
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