I'm troubled, I'm really troubled...This is intolerable
"I'm troubled, I'm really troubled," Ted Strickland countered. "This is intolerable."
Some people are getting very rich," Strickland said of private charter school operators, naming White Hat Management's David Brennan of Akron as a leading example of someone "getting rich and on the backs of children."
"Charter schools should be held to the same accountability standards," Strickland said.
Ohio taxpayers would be shocked to learn that $500 million in taxpayer money went to private charter schools from public school systems last year, Strickland said.
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Post a Comment*This is sad. David Brennan has helped the children of the city of Akron beyond measure. He is a very rich man, but his schools do very well and the children they effect turn out to be productive citizens with a great education, something that is not easily said of Akron Public schools.
Strickland needs to re-think his approach to charters. He's going after Brennan because of his donations to just about every Republican on the ticket this year, not his schools.
all of Brennan's 20 Life Skills centers are in academic emergency. how is that doing very well for children?
These schools can be run as a for-profit business. As a private business there is no required public access to records. This includes ALL records, including test scores, attendance, etc. Teachers are not required to be certified. Curriculum is private, and need not follow state or national standards. -- Frontlines of Urban Education
BELLA ROSENBERG: The evidence also shows that when children transfer to charter schools, their achievement goes down and when they transfer back to regular public schools, their achievement goes up - we did every conceivable comparison to be fair. - Gwen Ifill's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
These schools can be run as a for-profit business. As a private business there is no required public access to records. This includes ALL records, including test scores, attendance, etc. Teachers are not required to be certified. Curriculum is private, and need not follow state or national standards. -- Frontlines of Urban Education
BELLA ROSENBERG: The evidence also shows that when children transfer to charter schools, their achievement goes down and when they transfer back to regular public schools, their achievement goes up - we did every conceivable comparison to be fair. - Gwen Ifill's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
These schools can be run as a for-profit business. As a private business there is no required public access to records. This includes ALL records, including test scores, attendance, etc. Teachers are not required to be certified. Curriculum is private, and need not follow state or national standards. -- Frontlines of Urban Education
BELLA ROSENBERG: The evidence also shows that when children transfer to charter schools, their achievement goes down and when they transfer back to regular public schools, their achievement goes up - we did every conceivable comparison to be fair. - Gwen Ifill's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
The academic performance of White Hat-managed charters is far below achievement in Ohio’s traditional public schools. If White Hat schools were a school district, it would be the ninth largest in Ohio and would be rated in Academic Emergency. In 2005, 79 percent of White Hat charter schools that received state report cards were rated in Academic Emergency or
Academic Watch, the lowest categories.
The Ohio Department of Education confirmed an October 2005 OFT analysis that found White Hat’s charter high schools failed to administer state-required tests to the vast majority of students for which they received state tax dollars. ODE data showed that White Hat’s Life Skills charter schools tested only 15 percent of students in reading and only 16 percent of students in math.
Brennan and his family (wife Ann and daughter Nancy) gave $3.8 million to Republican lawmakers between 1990 and 2005, based on analysis of campaign finance reports. - Ohio Federation of Teacher report 3/7/06
Anonymous 12:43 p.m. I'm impressed your working through lunch. What do you know about the schools in Akron?
David Brennan built his education empire on public dollars enabled by favorable legislation adopted after enormous campaign contributions to legislators. In one two-month period alone, November and December 2001, while the House was deliberating HB 364 (which significantly relaxed regulations on charter schools), the Brennan family contributed $162,500 to GOP members of the House, all in $2,500 checks (the maximum per cycle at that time).
I call this money laundering, what do you call it?
Lunch Money!
When he was on council, Phil Heimlich was Brennan's man in Cincinnati, setting up local White Hat charter schools.
Can you hear me, David Pepper?
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