Tag: Won’t Back Down
A charter conversion with parents and teachers speaking in one loud voice
In a state that has found itself politically deadlocked over whether parents should be given the power to change who runs a public school, a Bradenton elementary magnet school pulled its own type of trigger this week. The vote to convert to a charter school was made under existing Florida law,... READ MOREViola Davis stands up for school choice
Actress Viola Davis is great as a teacher/parent in “Won’t...
READ MOREredefinED roundup: Charter schools and the Chicago strike, Khan Academy and school choice in Florida & more
Chicago: Expansion of charter schools, which tend to employ non-unionized...
READ MOREDemocratic tensions over school choice, parent trigger in Charlotte
Like the Democratic Party platform on education, this is no...
READ MOREDNC 2012: Pro-school-choice Democrats have the momentum
After going 56 years without attending a national political convention,...
READ MOREHollywood takes on teacher unions
Won’t Back Down is a quintessential Hollywood drama in which...
READ MOREJeb Bush, Michelle Rhee, Kumbaya
Liberal Democrat Michelle Rhee and conservative Republican Jeb Bush shared...
READ MORERandi Weingarten’s not a fan of parent trigger movie (showing today at the RNC)
Randi Weingarten must be watching the RNC goings-on pretty closely too. Minutes...
READ MORECentrists hold keys on ed reform
At the RNC in Tampa this week, a small but...
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