The reorganization plan that David Jennings presented to the Minneapolis school board includes shutting down district run schools and opening charter schools. Teachers will be laid of from the district run schools, and hired by the charter school for less pay and with no job security. The Cleveland, OH School District carried out a similar downsizing plan several years ago, the difference being that the alternative to district run schools were "voucher schools." Like Cleveland's voucher schools, the charter schools in Minneapolis will have considerable less money per student in their operating budget than the district run schools, and since teacher's salaries are a big part of the operating budget of any schools, at whose will expense the cost-cutting achieved?
There is more about the corporate agenda for urban schools in the article about the phony superintendent search. The article at my web site. A link to the article is currently near the top of the home page. www.educationright.com -Doug Mann Mann for School Board web site: www.educationright.com In a message dated 6/17/2004 6:23:57 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << The Minneapolis School Board had over 100 candidates to choose from, yet all 3 finalists are closely tied to the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems / Broad Foundation, which supports the same school transformation agenda as G.W. Bush, MN Governor Tim Pawlenty, and the current Minneapolis Public Schools superintendent Dave Jennings. Full text at http://members.tripod.com/educationright/id331.htm >> REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
