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Ravitch on Why “Miracle Schools” are Smoke and Mirrors
Ravitch: Why ‘miracle schools’ aren’t really miracles By Valerie Strauss Washington Post This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors...
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Journal Sentinel Op-Ed: Rocketship Charter Schools Need Scrutiny
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Larry F. Miller Oct. 26, 2011 Council should get to the bottom of ‘miracle school’ Rocketship schools seem to have a serious problem with attrition When it comes to...
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Rocketship Responds to Two Issues Raised
Following the op-ed I wrote for the Journal Sentinel (see Journal Sentinel Op-Ed: Rocketship Charter Schools Need Scrutiny) on Rocketship’s 3 “model” schools in San Jose California I received a “Key...
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More on Rocketship Charters
A Retro-Rocketship to the Future: Corporate Education Reform Blasts Off in Silicon Valley Written by Adam Bessie The Daily Censored, Nov 18, 2011 Rocketship is blasting off in Silicon Valley, with...
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Rocketship Schools Coming to an Urban Area Near You Soon
Rocketship Plans to Build an Education Empire According to a December 28, PBS NewsHour Report (See Link below.) In a 9 minute TV PBS NewsHour report Rocketship CEO John Danner stated that Rocketship...
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More On Rocketship Schools, by Barbara Miner
Do Milwaukee’s children deserve art and music classes? By Barbara Miner Jan. 5, 2013 View from the Heartland MJS Blog Do young children deserve art and music classes? Or, instead of art and music,...
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Earth to Rocketship: More on Rocketship’s Fundamental Flaw from Scholastic...
In a January 5, 2013 posting titled “Rocketship Schools Coming Soon to an Urban Area Near You” (see below: article 2) I addressed some major issues concerning Rocketship. Following is an interesting...
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Parents Mobilize Against Rocketship Charter Expansion in San Jose, Home of...
Go to the following web page to observe the efforts of the community where Rocketship started its first charter school. Hundreds of families have protested their expansion....
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Letter From Rocketship Teacher
Following is a letter and essay by a Rocketship teacher sent to Diane Ravitch. Rocketship charter schools have a goal of expanding to enroll one million children. Their model relies heavily on...
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Rocketship Misses Target Goal in Milwaukee
During the Spring of this year it was common to see Rocketship “recruiters” out in front of MPS schools attempting to get parents to pull their children out of public schools. While not reaching their...
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Lawsuit: Rocketship under fire from four school boards in its home base,...
The “miracle” English language-only charter management model (Rocketship), originating from San Jose California, was recruited to Milwaukee by the MMAC, Schools That Can, the Mayor, the Common...
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Rocketship program is a model for inequality in education opportunity
By Gordon Lafer May 10, 2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sixty years ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka,...
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Barbara Miner on Rocketship
Below is a link to the recent article written for the Progressive magazine by Barbara Miner on Rocketship charter schools. Rocketship_Progressive_Miner
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Rocketship Revisited
Rocketship Milwaukee: Another view Posted: 11 Jul 2016 by Barbara Miner The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s article on Rocketship Milwaukee on July 11, 2016 omits essential information. The following is a...
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