The point of the original post was to let people know there are possible major changes to our Philadelphia charter school process; that is all.
Personally, I believe there is room in Philadelphia for charter schools. I am not affiliated with any charter schools. My first intro to BAEO was through the now former office manager for a powerful local State Senator, who has been supportive of charter schools in his district. I think of it as constituent services. Thus I'm on BAEO's mailing list, and I appreciate the heads-up on the SRC issue that nobody else I am aware of seems to have publicized. I am unfamiliar with your references; one of which asserts: According to the Department of Education's Office of Inspector General report on Department PR expenditures in fiscal years 2002 through 2004, BAEO received $1,500,000 in 2002 - 2004, to "actively support parental choice and increase educational options for black children through a 'multi-layered media campaign'." [2] I don't have a problem with advocating for issues, a position shared currently by the DNC & RNC where $1.5 mm for a multi-year national campaign is chump change. Further, BAEO's board has several interesting and/or local people: Cory Booker - mayor of Newark NJ and in my opinion a lot smarter and more exciting than Obama Dawn Chavous - from a local family of PR/political operatives. I found her to be committed to helping the WPhila community Dwight Evans - I think you will be hard pressed for making the case that as a State Rep he has done anything but to build up and to support public and private education in Philly. Again I was just sharing info, since education and how it is driven has been a recent issue on this list. Ciao, Craig In a message dated 05/21/08 12:23:13 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just so we get the full picture of what BAEO is all about: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Black_Alliance_for_Educational_Options http://www.blackcommentator.com/16_thw.html
