Des Moines Register

The New York Times is still fawning over them, but the charter school experiment has been an abject failure. People are clamoring for well-funded public schools, not billionaire pet projects. jacobinmag.com/2019/11/charte…

@zfwright @RaviMGupta It is wrong to assume positive intent based on race. Ego, pride, greed, ambition make people operate in duplicitous ways or go against the interests of their own community, not skin color. Fuller-type priorities and alliances are not above scrutiny because he happens to be black.

@zfwright @RaviMGupta It seems odd for a white guy to be positioning himself as “listening to us” when most black/Latinx parents don’t want our local public school to be turned over to a corporation. It’s almost like you only listen when the color of someone’s skin aligns with your pro-charter agenda.

“If we wait around for them to address these things, we’re writing off years, if not generations, of kids,” Mr. Mireles said. nytimes.com/2019/11/26/nyr…

@zfwright @teachersareit @KimSilv26 @selmekki @PeeplesChoice85 @VesiaHawkins @esanzi @pgorski @jgordonwright @HowardLFuller @RealTalkGwenS @citizenstewart @edu_post @radiokeri @njleftbehind @i_saleem @lanewrightme @SethABQ @garrisstroud @ncte Her profile clearly says she teaches newcomer ELLs, not that she's a newcomer, so maybe you should learn from her. But I guess you're only opposed to misogyny and racism when it's time to racialize your support for corporate reform. Bet you wouldn't send your kid to New Orleans.

@teachersareit @KimSilv26 @selmekki @PeeplesChoice85 @VesiaHawkins @esanzi @pgorski @jgordonwright @HowardLFuller @RealTalkGwenS @citizenstewart @edu_post @radiokeri @njleftbehind @i_saleem @lanewrightme @SethABQ @garrisstroud @ncte Never played it. Also, for a “newcomer” you seem resistant to learning from elders (not me).

I am thankful for these folks from whom I have learned so much: @selmekki @PeeplesChoice85 @VesiaHawkins @esanzi @pgorski @jgordonwright @HowardLFuller @RealTalkGwenS @citizenstewart @edu_post @radiokeri @njleftbehind @i_saleem @lanewrightme @SethABQ @garrisstroud @ncte

Comment to my FB friends who post weekly photo updates of their new baby: how's that older child from your previous marriage doing?