tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post4883884137837298034..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: School "Choice": A Failure of Honesty and WillDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-62874793333032262102017-07-30T18:17:09.926-07:002017-07-30T18:17:09.926-07:00And Scott Gordon of the Philadelphia "Mastery...And Scott Gordon of the Philadelphia "Mastery Empire" pulls in about $250,000. This insane multi-tiered system only makes sense to the money grabbers. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08884097748379007262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-46637968332530158442017-07-19T13:20:54.038-07:002017-07-19T13:20:54.038-07:00laMissy, I could have had that paragraph go on for...laMissy, I could have had that paragraph go on for days. MA, like NJ, is better than most states, but there has been a retreat from equity. It doesn't help when the state doesn't fully fund its charter reimbursement policy. Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-85857351739314052142017-07-19T11:41:36.390-07:002017-07-19T11:41:36.390-07:00"Millburn has what it needs; Newark does not...."Millburn has what it needs; Newark does not. Gross Point has plenty; Detroit doesn't. New Trier is fine; Chicago is not. Lower Merion thrives; Philadelphia withers."<br /><br />Brookline, Newton and Milton (MA) have what they need; Boston is being systemically defunded by its mayor, who is a founding member of a charter school. Boston is flush with cash, and considered by many to be the best public school system in the nation. For the next school year, there will be cuts of $11 million to 49 schools. The mayor is exercising school choice.laMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516322307725011313noreply@blogger.com