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	<title>Comments on: Public Schools, Private Money</title>
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		<title>By: leonie haimson</title>
		<link>http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2009/04/02/public-schools-private-money/comment-page-1/#comment-83845</link>
		<dc:creator>leonie haimson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is an excellent summary of many of the complex issues inherent in the tangled web of private and public funding of DOE initiatives -- which are becoming even more problematic as the agenda of the DOE is increasingly focused on policies that lead to the privatization of the educational services -- like charter schools.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an excellent summary of many of the complex issues inherent in the tangled web of private and public funding of DOE initiatives &#8212; which are becoming even more problematic as the agenda of the DOE is increasingly focused on policies that lead to the privatization of the educational services &#8212; like charter schools.</p>
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		<title>By: Outraged Educator</title>
		<link>http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2009/04/02/public-schools-private-money/comment-page-1/#comment-83841</link>
		<dc:creator>Outraged Educator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nobody should be surprised- this movement is dangerous. We now have a emocrat who is calling for the privatization of &quot;public&quot; education.. Aman of color no less.  Ask yourselves why there are no &quot;Charter schools&quot; on Long Island and in working class
or more afflent suburbs-It is because the people would not stand for it.  This is a national moveent to privatize and capitalize off of the education of minority children-The Charters take those they deem &quot;OK&quot; and leave the rest to traditional pblic schools.. They don&#039;t take Special needs kids, they don&#039;t take Engish language Learners and yet they brag about their success... It is NOT a level playing field but the media ad the business world are into this big time as it allows them to get their hands on thet huge part of the City, Stae and Federal budgets that is reserved for education... I note with a laugh how Bloomberg&#039;s friends at the NY Post are on a daily mission to promote and save Mayoral Control with him (illegally) at the helm for 4 more years pushing all the money the State gave NYC to foreign consultants, IBM data sytems, lawyers and others...Bloomberg&#039;s crack about &quot;the professionals support us&quot; is a joke -Arne Dunca was a professional BASKETBALL PLAYER,
Joel Klein a professional LAWYER, neither knows squat about education other than to wash their hands of it and try to privatize it!  Stay focused -these are dangerous times- Keep PUBLIC education in the hands of THE PUBLIC!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nobody should be surprised- this movement is dangerous. We now have a emocrat who is calling for the privatization of &#8220;public&#8221; education.. Aman of color no less.  Ask yourselves why there are no &#8220;Charter schools&#8221; on Long Island and in working class<br />
or more afflent suburbs-It is because the people would not stand for it.  This is a national moveent to privatize and capitalize off of the education of minority children-The Charters take those they deem &#8220;OK&#8221; and leave the rest to traditional pblic schools.. They don&#8217;t take Special needs kids, they don&#8217;t take Engish language Learners and yet they brag about their success&#8230; It is NOT a level playing field but the media ad the business world are into this big time as it allows them to get their hands on thet huge part of the City, Stae and Federal budgets that is reserved for education&#8230; I note with a laugh how Bloomberg&#8217;s friends at the NY Post are on a daily mission to promote and save Mayoral Control with him (illegally) at the helm for 4 more years pushing all the money the State gave NYC to foreign consultants, IBM data sytems, lawyers and others&#8230;Bloomberg&#8217;s crack about &#8220;the professionals support us&#8221; is a joke -Arne Dunca was a professional BASKETBALL PLAYER,<br />
Joel Klein a professional LAWYER, neither knows squat about education other than to wash their hands of it and try to privatize it!  Stay focused -these are dangerous times- Keep PUBLIC education in the hands of THE PUBLIC!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Concerned Citizen</title>
		<link>http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2009/04/02/public-schools-private-money/comment-page-1/#comment-83822</link>
		<dc:creator>Concerned Citizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It saddens me that this article – and so many others – fails to look at the substance of the Education Equality Project.  This group is courageously tackling the insidious achievement gap that plagues our country.  Shouldn’t the debate be about HOW to close the gap and HOW we can all work together to provide every kid in America with a high quality education rather than this?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It saddens me that this article – and so many others – fails to look at the substance of the Education Equality Project.  This group is courageously tackling the insidious achievement gap that plagues our country.  Shouldn’t the debate be about HOW to close the gap and HOW we can all work together to provide every kid in America with a high quality education rather than this?</p>
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		<title>By: Gail</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gail</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Joyce. In all fairness, the major newspapers have provided some coverage -- such as Juan Gonzalez&#039;s article yesterday. As to why there&#039;s not more, I can only assume they don&#039;t think it&#039;s as important as other stories. And to promote more, I know reporters get ideas from GG and other sources, such as Gotham Schools, so maybe this item and others like it will get some of the other journalist thinking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Joyce. In all fairness, the major newspapers have provided some coverage &#8212; such as Juan Gonzalez&#8217;s article yesterday. As to why there&#8217;s not more, I can only assume they don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s as important as other stories. And to promote more, I know reporters get ideas from GG and other sources, such as Gotham Schools, so maybe this item and others like it will get some of the other journalist thinking.</p>
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		<title>By: Joyce Saly</title>
		<link>http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2009/04/02/public-schools-private-money/comment-page-1/#comment-83818</link>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Saly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for this comprehensive overview of some of the corrupt financial practices of the Bloomberg/Klein administration. It is very troubling that the general public still remains unaware of this information. It is apparent that major newspapers do not want to run these stories. How can we promote more widespread coverage of the issues?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for this comprehensive overview of some of the corrupt financial practices of the Bloomberg/Klein administration. It is very troubling that the general public still remains unaware of this information. It is apparent that major newspapers do not want to run these stories. How can we promote more widespread coverage of the issues?</p>
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