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The Ugly Charter School Scandal Arne Duncan is Leaving Behind
But we always knew he was bad news, right?http://ourfuture.org/20151008/the-ugly-charter-school-scandal-arne-duncan-is-leaving-behind?utm_source=progressive_breakfast&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pbreak
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"Arne Duncans surprise announcement to leave his post as secretary of education in December is making headlines and driving lots of commentary, but an important story lost in the media clutter happened three days before he gave notice.
On that day, Duncan rattled the education policy world with news of a controversial grant of $249 million ($157 million the first year) to the charter school industry. This announcement was controversial because, as The Washington Post reports, an audit by his departments own inspector general found that the agency has done a poor job of overseeing federal dollars sent to charter schools.
Post reporter Lynsey Layton notes, The agencys inspector general issued a scathing report in 2012 that found deficiencies in how the department handled federal grants to charter schools between 2008 and 2011 in other words, during Duncans watch."
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The Ugly Charter School Scandal Arne Duncan is Leaving Behind (Original Post)
Iwillnevergiveup
Oct 2015
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yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)1. Once again I am torn
They never should have started charter schools, but they have. Now in DC, the poor are especially doing better in charter then regular public school. So what's next? We could throw money to education but DC already has an 18K per child amount going and is highest in the country. So after 50 years, what's the solution to improving education in DC and other places in need. I am trying to be realistic.
justhanginon
(3,289 posts)2. One of the presidents absolutely worst appointments in my opinion.
He has been a disaster for public education in this country. Or what's left of it.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)3. The timing of his departure
is suspect as are the documented inflated test scores in Charters.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)4. Charter schools are just another bs privatization scheme to funnel tax money to private fortunes
appalachiablue
(41,102 posts)5. +10. When does the greed stop?
Raster
(20,998 posts)6. It doesn't. Greed feeds upon itself and is self-perpetuating.
Enough is NEVER enough.