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DISTRICT 15 SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS SCHEDULE 2011
February 9, 2011 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. Walter R. Sundling Junior High School 1100 North Smith Street, Palatine |
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March 2, 2011 (1) RESCHEDULED FROM MARCH 16 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. Walter R. Sundling Junior High School 1100 North Smith Street, Palatine |
Meeting Notice (PDF 76KB) |
March 16, 2011 (1) RESCHEDULED TO MARCH 2 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. Walter R. Sundling Junior High School 1100 North Smith Street, Palatine |
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April 13, 2011 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. Walter R. Sundling Junior High School 1100 North Smith Street, Palatine |
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April 27, 2011 (2) Organizational Meeting 7:00 p.m. Walter R. Sundling Junior High School 1100 North Smith Street, Palatine |
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May 11, 2011 |
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May 25, 2011 Retirement Reception 7:00 p.m. Walter R. Sundling Junior High School 1100 North Smith Street, Palatine |
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June 15, 2011 Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. Walter R. Sundling Junior High School 1100 North Smith Street, Palatine |
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“What Common Core and this data collection system really is, the easiest way to understand it, and this is my personal understanding and my personal opinion. I want to separate fact from my opinion so you’re very clear. But the best way I think to describe it is, you know how China goes in and they find the kids that have the most talent for gymnastics and they’ll say, that kid’s going to be fantastic as a gymnast. That kid is a great mathematician. He’s going to work in our nuclear power programs. That’s what happens. By the time you’re 7, your lot is cast,” Glenn explained.
“That’s exactly what this is and that’s why these corporations want this so much. Because they will cast the lots, they will find the best workers by the time they’re 7 and then they will enrich and empower and educate those kids. But if your kid, God forbid, ends up like me when I was 7 or 8, I don’t have a chance. I will be a cog in the machine forever, and you will ‑‑ there will be no escape. There will be no college education.”
“What you will see is state capitalism. Google, Microsoft, GE, data mining our schools to nudge our children into the job the State deems the most needed for the future,” Glenn warned.
GE is one of the companies funding Common Core through it’s foundation.
Now, most parents would assume that any information collected on their kids by the schools would be protected by some kind of privacy laws, right? Not anymore.
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Recently, American Classical Academy – a K-12 charter school network that promises students a traditional liberal arts education – saw its applications for three new Tennessee charter schools rejected by local school boards. ACA appealed these decisions to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission, but eventually withdrew its applications when defeat became obvious.
ACA has struggled to create stable school leadership and balanced budgets in the past. Resistance to the charter network might also have been influenced by state politics. ACA was founded by Hillsdale College, whose president, Larry Arnn, was caught on video making inflammatory comments about education schools earlier this year.
In the end, ACA didn’t make the cut, but that failure shouldn’t taint all charter schools. That’s because charters still hold enormous benefits for students.
On average, charter schools – public schools of choice that are operated as independent organizations – drive student learning. Evidence from the Volunteer State supports this. Studies conducted by Stanford University in 2015 and 2019 found that charter school students in Nashville and Memphis gained more days of reading and math instruction than students who attended traditional public schools in the same districts.
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But a more recent study reveals something interesting: The gap between students in Memphis charter schools and those in traditional public schools has narrowed considerably. This could be evidence that the presence of charters motivated the district to improve.
If so, it aligns with at least a dozen academic studies that show competition from charter schools has positive effects on the academic achievement of students who remain in traditional public schools. In fact, our organization – the Thomas B. Fordham Institute – found these competitive effects are so profound that they benefit entire metropolitan areas, especially for low-income, Black and Hispanic students. Perhaps that’s why another Fordham report found that the Memphis metro area ranked second in the nation in helping students make academic progress.
Despite these demonstrated benefits, charter schools face stiff opposition from entrenched bureaucracies. The Nashville school district in particular has a history of rejecting charters, even those with proven track records, such as KIPP. Thankfully, the Charter School Commission recently overturned one of these rejections by an 8-0 vote.
Expect even more pushback from the education establishment when Tennessee’s new school funding model goes into effect. In the new system, state funding will follow individual students to their schools of choice rather than automatically flowing into the coffers of their residentially-zoned districts. If students in failing schools begin fleeing for charter schools, the pressure will be on school districts to improve their lowest-performing schools or risk taking a financial hit. It will be a victory for students, as well as for charter schools, which were disadvantaged by the expiring formula.
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