tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post6643657401244909653..comments2024-01-05T02:53:03.358-06:00Comments on American Zombie: Professor Quigley provides the first panoptic view of the RSD/Charter school system in Post-KJason Brad Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421813599753848735noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-4937264779538487592007-08-13T18:12:00.000-05:002007-08-13T18:12:00.000-05:00I read both parts of Quigley's article via Truthou...I read both parts of Quigley's article via Truthout.org, which sends me at least two emails a day (more often, three). It really was heart breaking. I had seen the ads in the AJC earlier for RSD teachers. It's kind of tempting, but very scary. Quigley really is The Man. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad y'all got some time in the smokies! Which river did you raft?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-48286218093255797332007-08-11T01:10:00.000-05:002007-08-11T01:10:00.000-05:00(don't know how to do links slick like bsjd)http:/...(don't know how to do links slick like bsjd)<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf?/education/content/stories/NO_charters.html<BR/><BR/>McDonogh 28 (K-8)<BR/>2733 Esplanade<BR/>RSD Charter (New Orleans Charter Foundation)<BR/>LA Comprehensive Curriculum<BR/>Principal: TBD (800)656-6763 easterjames@leonagroup.com<BR/>Start Date: 9/7/06<BR/><BR/>New Orleans Free Elementary (PK-8)<BR/>3601 Camp St.<BR/>RSD Charter (New Orleans Charter Foundation)<BR/>LA Comprehensive Curriculum<BR/>Principal: TBD (504)656-6763 www.nolapublicschools.net<BR/>Start Date: 9/7/06<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/cgibin?rqstyp=crpdtlC&rqsdta=36135841N<BR/><BR/>Louisiana Secretary of State<BR/>Detailed Record<BR/><BR/>Charter/Organization ID: 36135841N<BR/><BR/>Name: NEW ORLEANS CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATION<BR/><BR/>Type Entity: Non-Profit Corporation<BR/><BR/>Status: Active<BR/><BR/>Annual Report Status: Not In Good Standing for failure to file current Annual Report<BR/><BR/>2007 Annual Report is required at this time <BR/><BR/>Mailing Address: C/O EDWARD J. RANTZ, 1100 POYDRAS STREET, SUITE 3600, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70163-3600<BR/><BR/>Domicile Address: 1100 POYDRAS STREET, SUITE 3600, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70163-3600<BR/><BR/>File Date: 03/10/2006<BR/><BR/>Registered Agent (Appointed 3/10/2006): EDWARD J. RANTZ, 1100 POYDRAS STREET, SUITE 3600, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70163-3600<BR/><BR/>President: MICHAEL P. MALONE, 4435 HERITAGE DR., OKEMOS, MI 48864<BR/><BR/>Director: MICHAEL P. MALONE, 4435 HERITAGE DR., OKEMOS, MI 48864<BR/><BR/>Director: RAYMOND GRANT, 9574 ERIN GEAN DR., HOWARD CITY, MI 49329<BR/><BR/>Vice President: MATTHEW PROCTOR, 2600 HOUMA BLVD., APT. 906, METAIRIE, LA 70001<BR/><BR/>Secretary: MATTHEW PROCTOR, 2600 HOUMA BLVD., APT. 906, METAIRIE, LA 70001<BR/><BR/>Director: MATTHEW PROCTOR, 2600 HOUMA BLVD., APT. 906, METAIRIE, LA 70001<BR/><BR/>Additional officers may exist on document<BR/><BR/>*****<BR/><BR/>http://www.susanohanian.org/atrocity_fetch.php?id=1225<BR/><BR/>>>>>Those results are explained, in part, because Leona tends to draw more students from low-income homes, said Michael Malone, the company's executive vice president for Midwest schools.<<<<<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/NEWS04/70810034<BR/><BR/>>>>>>The board voted 3-0 Wednesday to extend the company’s contract with the kindergarten-through-sixth-grade Wildwood, Raymond Gant, a company spokesman, said.<<<<<<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:w-agej5mfZwJ:www.nola.com/education/pdf/070306A08.pdf+%22matthew+proctor%22+new+orleans&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a<BR/><BR/>>>>>Operator: New Orleans Charter Schools Foundation/The Leona Group Operator background: A community group led by Matthew Proctor, who served briefly as interim superintendent in Orleans Parish in 1998, has contracted with the Leona Group, a Michigan-based school management company, which currently operates 47 charter schools around the nation in five different states <<<<<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-19996938853566153362007-08-10T23:57:00.000-05:002007-08-10T23:57:00.000-05:00You realize, of course, that the crappiest, most h...You realize, of course, that the crappiest, most hopeless schools of the OPPS system were the ones that were taken over by the state, while only the small number of schools that had been consistantly meeting all state benchmarks were left under the control of the school board. Seems to me that the current "school board" schools should vastly outdo the RSD and charter schools in all measures for at least a decade.<BR/><BR/>Now, if charter and/or RSD schools begin to at all approach the scores of the schools that weren't taken over by the state, then you'd have to say there's something to the whole charter idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-24265439233776942882007-08-10T11:03:00.000-05:002007-08-10T11:03:00.000-05:00My grandson is in one of those charter schools, an...My grandson is in one of those charter schools, and I have to admit that it a great school that became a charter after the storm. (KIPP had one charter school here prior to Katrina, then started another in Houston for the displaced NOLA kids there. That one, called NOW or New Orleans West is still up and running.) Many of the students at my grandson's school had been students at the Houston KIPP school the year before and chose to come back, following the principal back to New Orleans. While that speaks volumes for his effectiveness, and parental satisfaction with the school is very high, with tremendous parental involvement and participation, it's still scary to think that this is just one great, privatized school that is part of a scheme to gut public education.<BR/><BR/>It's a tough problem and tough on the conscience for those of us choosing schools for our kids and grandkids, knowing full well that others in the city don't have those options because of the current set up of NOLA schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-60533676791633265232007-08-10T00:38:00.000-05:002007-08-10T00:38:00.000-05:00Don't know if you read Harper's. Jonathan Kozol's...Don't know if you read Harper's. Jonathan Kozol's article in the Aug. issue is a must-read. Not available online but this <A HREF="http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/23/selling-our-children/" REL="nofollow">link</A> has part of it.<BR/><BR/>Also <A HREF="http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=889" REL="nofollow">this</A>.bayoustjohndavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03949531682454923206noreply@blogger.com