Teachers unions do not represent the rank and file vast majority of teachers,
@JeanneAllen
tells
@PeteHegseth
@FoxNews
. “Everyone in America who has never realized how political this is needs to wake up and say, if you don't want to teach my children, give me the money back.”
.
@AbbottElemABC
has again used it's national platform to push anti-charter propaganda, while <20% of kids in Philly can read at grade level. Interestingly
@quintabrunson
attended charters,
@thesherylralph
’s son went to a private school at $42K/yr.
MORE:
@uCCNOLA
#Students
earn hourly pay and school credit for completing construction projects, they are then awarded an equity scholarship paid for by the revenue from each project. We had a great time visiting this
#YassPrize
awardee this April!
#education
#Educationinnovation
Some of the best stories, videos and resources about
#charterschools
around! For 30 years we've had a front row seat, not to mention producer credits. Enjoy the show-stopping efforts of
#charterschools
!
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Validates Parents’ Rights
Monumental decision affirms the right of parents to direct the education of their children.
#SCOTUS
#Espinoza
#BlaineAmendments
“We have a lot of our kids who aren’t getting what they deserve, a lot of schools that aren’t performing as well as they should. And it’s not that the kids are failing. I think we’re failing the kids.”
@kevinpchavous
via
@epochtimes
The $1 million Yass Prize is the Pulitzer Prize of Education, the Oscar of Innovation. Join us Thursday, March 23 at 3PM for the Yass Prize application launch event at .
#educationinnovation
#YassPrize
#education
NEW SURVEY: Voters are overwhelmingly less likely to support elected officials who sent their own kids to private school but oppose school choice for others.
Less Likely: 62%
More Likely: 9%
No Change: 20%
"[Teachers unions'] selfish desires already fueled momentum for 17 states to enact or expand programs to fund students rather than school systems this year — and support for school choice is at an all-time high.
If unions keep it up, they might just destroy their own empire."
“If you look at where the jobs are going to be created & what skills are required for people to live purposeful lives, a reinvigorated education sector is essential.” Gov
@JebBush
on this week’s Reality Check w/
@JeanneAllen
. Listen here:
Our
#CER25
celebration continues with a keynote by
#PuertoRico
Gov Ricardo Rosselló
@ricardorossello
, sharing his bold response to the educational challenges facing the island.
If your kid didn’t go to school this year, Randi Weingarten is largely the reason why. Don’t let her pr-placed, soft-focus, stories in liberal media cover that up. My Monday column in
@nypost
“If we wanted to do what was best for children, it seems improbable that we ‘d come up an 800-page teachers’ union contract.” Hear more from
@SuccessCharters
’s
@MoskowitzEva
on this week’s Reality Check with
@JeanneAllen
:
.
@DeAngelisCorey
: The pandemic has revealed the main problem with K–12 education: There is a massive power imbalance between the public school system and individual families.
The amazing Sal Khan (
@salkhanacademy
) shares with
@JeanneAllen
& the
@YassPrize
Semifinalists how his “delusional science-fiction epic thoughts” turned into the legendary
@khanacademy
!
Believe in your mission… Ground yourself… Never give up…
“Nobody wants a whiner,” said Hinojosa …“they want a problem solver.”
Kudos to Dallas ISD for defying the odds & working to deliver education to kids in innovative ways. Great model for other urban districts!
@cbs11Robbie
@TransformDISD
@FutureofDallas
Without bold leaders like
@dougducey
, we won’t change the status quo. He earned the highest ✔️✔️rating from CER in our Eduction50 analysis for supporting innovation &
#EdOpportunity
for Arizona students. See the full report here:
Where did more than 1 million
#publicschool
students go? We found out…and the answer may surprise you. The unsung heroes of education weren’t featured in the
#NYTimes
or the
#WashingtonPost
, but we discovered them anyway! Learn more here via
@Forbes
:
We did not lower expectations for children with special needs, says
@StephanieSaroki
@SetonPartners
. “Our student services team is providing twice weekly one-on -one tutorials in addition to homeroom teacher calls plus depending on a student's IEP.”
@JeanneAllen
The
@DiscoveryCenter
Wins The Grand Prize For Delivering A Sustainable, Transformational Outstanding and Permissionless Education Experience To The Springfield, MO Community Since The Onset Of The Pandemic
#STOPAward
“It was different times. They didn’t ask for government to bail them out, they asked for government to get out of the way.” Hear
@foxandfriends
Brian Kilmeade
@kilmeade
share his passion for American history & his new book about Sam Houston w/
@JeanneAllen
.
Strong Unions = Closed Schools.
In-depth research from
@DeAngelisCorey
validates – yet again – what we’ve known all along. “School districts in locations with stronger teachers’ unions were substantially less likely to reopen in person."
Big congratulations to these innovative leaders!
The first-ever GSVLabs +
#STOPAward
Accelerator last week left us energized, equipped with new ideas and friends ready to create a new vision for the future of K-12 instruction.
Announcing the
#STOP
Semifinalists!! From coast to coast these 20 innovators delivered for kids during a crisis. We salute them! Find out who & congratulate them for their outstanding work as they move to the next phase and potentially the finals!
Survey after survey shows that Americans have a dismally poor understanding of the founding principles underpinning our nation, writes
@dougducey
@NRO
.
CER's
#WhyAmerica
program aims to turn these troubling trends around. 🇺🇸
Higher revenue or expenditures ≠ higher probability of in-person learning, finds
@DeAngelisCorey
& Christos A. Makridis.
Reopening schools should not be used as a political bargaining chip to get more money.
#Fundfamilies
instead.
via
@WSJ
#ASUGSV2018
Happening now - Is There an App for That? Transforming the Lives is Low-Literate Adults Through Mobile Tech. Cell-Ed understands the importance of ensuring their lessons are accessible using all phone types inc pre-paid phones that cost less than $100
@BarbaraBushFdn
Many of
@edmentum
’s 4.4 million students are living in countries heavily impacted by COVID-19. Hear
@CandeeJamie
talk about actions underway to make sure learning continues for these kids during the
#coronavirus
crisis. w/
@JeanneAllen
"I am always prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder with anyone willing to fight."
Dr.
@HowardLFuller
reflects on his 60 years of fighting for education freedom.
@FreedmCoalition
.
@SenFeinstein
defied her party line and broke bread with
@SpeakerBoehner
to ensure children in Washington, DC would have access to the private school of their choice.
Imagine a school that pays its teachers more than its administrators. That school exists and has transformed hundreds of lives and a neighborhood. The founding principal is someone I’m proud to consider a friend. 👍
“Higher ed is for everyone: higher ed these days means a variety of things. For many students, it probably shouldn’t be the traditional and very expensive residential experience.” -
@purduemitch
#EdInnovation
“There is no Republican or Democrat way to teach a kid how to read, write or count. We’ve layered the politics of education on top of ed policy. It isn’t what is best for kids.”
@K12Learn
Kevin P. Chavous
@kevinpchavous
on Reality Check w/
@JeanneAllen
"35 years ago, I had decided to commit suicide—until a teacher stopped me in the hall, asked how I was doing, and told me they were happy to see me."
Cory Steiner, of
@NCSD97
, shares how truly powerful teachers can be.
Kevin Chavous
@kevinpchavous
recognizing Lisa Keegan
@LisaGK
for her decades of commitment to making Arizona a national success story for education.
#CER25
Reality Check with
@JeanneAllen
celebrates
#SchoolChoiceWeek
“I went from D’s and Fs to straight A’s I was surrounded by people who cared about me. Helped me apply to college. Something I didn’t know was possible" -
@DenishaMweather
Demand to increase regulation on
#charterschools
is sold as accountability, but as
@davidphardy
points out, charters already face the greatest level of accountability possible: parents who have the choice to leave or stay.
@ExcelSchoolsPA
This CER Silver Anniversary Honoree once said, “If we can help people build a foundation through education, then we give people the power to achieve their own version of success.” We agree! Which is why we are honoring Brian Jones this October!
@BriWeJo
Hey
#idleg
: Idaho’s Blaine Amendment is exactly the kind the US Supreme Court said cannot be used to block educational choice programs.
Parents have a constitutional right to direct the dollars allocated for their children’s education.
#Espinoza
The Idaho Education Committee voted to table a school choice bill yesterday.
They were misled to believe that the state Attorney General said the bill was unconstitutional
Attorney General: "HB 669.. is still likely constitutional"
This bill should be reconsidered immediately.
The
@CatoInstitute
digs into the data on vouchers. Its conclusion? Vouchers improve:
✔️ test scores
✔️ high school graduation rates
✔️ tolerance
✔️ civic engagement
✔️ racial integration
✔️ public school performance
"If I go to the right school that works for me, I have a chance at life; I have a chance at being successful."
@AlishaTSearcy
making sure everyone knows JUST how important a quality, personalized education is.
🔊The
#STOPAward
is now worth $3.5 million!
Thanks to the generosity of ed innovation benefactor Janine Yass, there will be additional prizes of $250K to the four finalists and 15 $100K prizes awarded to the semifinalist.
The rhetoric accompanying the strikes in West Virginia, Los Angeles, Oakland & elsewhere has made
#charterschools
sound like an enemy of public education. They are not, and my fellow Democrats shouldn’t fall for it, writes Mary Landrieu
@SenLandrieu
.
#BREAKING
:
@DougDucey
joins Janine Yass, founder of
@YassPrize
to announce the STOP for AZ Education Awards – rewarding 6 AZ ed. providers who showed how to meet the demands of a growing number of parents wishing to utilize the state’s pioneering Empowerment Scholarship Accounts.
Troy Carter: “Kids don’t have lobbyists. Kids can’t afford lobbyists."
Thank goodness for the
@YassPrize
and the work all awardees are doing on behalf of kids!
#YassSummit
Best headline of the year! The amazing
@DenishaMweather
is a living, breathing example of the power education opportunity has to conquer hate and division.
It’s “unconscionable” that some
#DCCharters
are forced to move locations year after year, says Ramona Hoage Edelin, as the DC city council retains buildings that could be used by successful
#charterschools
to close the
#edgap
Welcome to Miami! The Magic City just became even more magical with the 2023 Semifinalists kicking off the
@yassprize
Accelerator today. Follow along as these education leaders learn from business, government, and industry leaders and take flight!
#SchoolChoiceWeek
around the nation. NC Superintendent
@MarkRJohnsonNC
sums up opportunity: “We are all unique individuals. We do not have to subscribe to the notion that one-size-fits-all works for every student.”