"They want compliant school board members and legislators who are not going to push back in any way on charter school expansion". Charter backers, however, see irony when teachers unions talk about the clout of charters, especially in California, where unions remain among the most powerful lobbies shaping legislation and state policy.
With mayoral control has come the business model, complete with the appointment of a CEO (what used to be called a superintendent) and a small, politically faithful and compliant school board, dominated by bankers and the city's real estate interests.
No individuals were fined but non-compliant schools have been given notices of violation which will eventually lead to fines if they are not corrected.
In the decades since 1975, the DOJ has made no effort to prevent students from leaving public schools for Brumfield-compliant schools, even though the departure of public school students for such schools can and no doubt did have adverse effects on the achievement of racial balance in some of the public schools.
The children in the non-compliant schools continued to receive a yearly distribution of one toothbrush and one sachet of fluoride toothpaste and a lecture on oral health as is routinely provided to all school children in the Philippines.
And iSwifter says the app is compliant with schools' firewalls, making it possible for educators to access the same Flash-based online learning content already used on classroom PCs.
In other words, just as Louisiana's textbook and transportation subsidies can go only to students in Brumfield-compliant private schools, so too with Louisiana's scholarships for students who are otherwise stuck in substandard public schools.
While controlling larger classes might be easier for teachers in traditionally more compliant East Asian schools, this would be different in the UK.
hile controlling larger classes might be easier for teachers in traditionally more compliant East Asian schools, this would be different in the UK.
