Union-Run Charter School Is In Trouble

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2012/10/union-run-charter-school-is-in-trouble

Gotham Schools reports:

seven years into its existence, the nation's first union-run school is one of the lowest-performing schools in the city. Fewer than a third of students are reading on grade level, and the math proficiency rate among eighth-graders is less than half the city average....

The United Federation of Teachers, which runs the school under a charter, appears pleased, though.

"I go to that school and I'm very, very happy with what we see," UFT President Michael Mulgrew said last week. "The parents are great, the teachers are doing a good job. We are very happy."

by Editor  |  Oct 9, 2012 at 6:07 pm Related Topics:  Education receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list