The school, Cincinnati Classical Academy, provided inflated test scores in its application for the money and pretended to be much more diverse than it is, state lawmakers said in a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
CCA “borrowed” the demographics from Cincinnati Public Schools in weaving a tale of serving low-income and minority students. As a result of their promise to serve underserved students, the school was awarded nearly $2 million in federal education funding.
Carol Burris, the executive director of the Network for Public Education Foundation, said public education advocates have a larger and more established base, but with each passing year they’re being outspent by well-funded charter school groups.
In a joint statement at the annual Network for Public Education conference in D.C., the NEA and the AFT–which together have more than four million members–the American Association of University Professors, the network itself, and the American Association of Colleges and Universities all blasted the right-wing assault on teachers, schools and students.
The NPE Grassroots Education Network is a nationwide network of over 195 grassroots organizations that have joined together to preserve, promote, improve, and strengthen our public schools.
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The NPE Grassroots Education Network is a nationwide network of over 195 grassroots organizations that have joined together to preserve, promote, improve, and strengthen our public schools.
The nation’s two largest teachers unions, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, and the Network for Public Education, American Association of University Professors and the Association of American Colleges and Universities signed on to a “Freedom to Learn” pledge at the Network for Public Education conference in D.C. on Sunday.
The NPE Grassroots Education Network is a nationwide network of over 195 grassroots organizations that have joined together to preserve, promote, improve, and strengthen our public schools.