Are charter schools the new subprime loans? (Think ‘The Big Short’)

If something happens with the charter school, the authorizers don’t have to clean up the mess.

It’s unusual to see the words "hair-raising" and "academic study" in tandem, but your new study merits that marriage. You and your co-authors make the case that, just as with subprime mortgages, the federal government is encouraging the expansion of charter schools with little oversight, and the result could be a charter school "bubble" that blows up in urban communities. Do I have it right?

By Valerie Strauss

Full Story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/01/04/are-charter-schools-the-new-subprime-loans-think-the-big-short/?postshare=6471453909157168&tid=ss_fb-bottom

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Why Doesn’t Greg Gianforte’s Petra Academy Welcome Students with Disabilities?

Petra Academy is not staffed to handle students with severe learning disabilities or those who have trouble behaviorally. For your child’s best interest, please be candid when you answer the following questions. (If more than one child is applying please consider each one when answering.) If you answer ‘yes’ to 13-20, please explain below. Further elaboration of your answers may be required during an interview.

By Don Pogreba @dpogreba

Full Story: http://intelligentdiscontent.com/2016/01/27/why-doesnt-greg-gianfortes-petra-academy-welcome-students-with-disabilities/

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Gianforte clarifies stance on protection of LGBT rights

Gianforte told Bozeman leaders the ordinance would be bad for business, advice Democrats are drumming into campaign messaging. Last week, Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock went to a Bozeman coffee shop to extend non-discrimination rights based on gender identity or gender expression.

By TOM LUTEY [email protected]

Full Story: http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/gianforte-clarifies-stance-on-protection-of-lgbt-rights/article_4cef80e6-f5f0-5f2a-88a1-99571513f718.html