04 October 2018

Investigative Reporting By Craig Harris On Charter Schools Is Troubling - That's Right!

"I find some of the recent stories in this last year troubling,” he  said during  a meeting Monday with Arizona Republic reporters and columnists."
Let's open up that Pandora's Box:
Gov. Doug Ducey finally troubled by laws that turn lawmakers into charter school millionaires
, Arizona Republic 03 Oct 2018
"Actually, troubling stories about the curious way that charter schools are allowed to operate in this state have been written for years. And ignored for years by this state’s leaders.
The current ongoing revelations by Republic reporter Craig Harris – outlining how charter school operators are becoming charter school millionaires on the public’s dimeare a darn site more than troubling.
They’re downright outrageous – in large part because they are perfectly legal.
Our leaders, some of whom operate charters schools, have made sure of that.
 
And the latest outrage is ...
 
Consider Harris’ latest revelation detailing the way in which Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, owner of Benjamin Franklin Charter Schools, earlier this year helped engineer a plan that would exempt charter schools from certain inconvenient things.
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Read more > https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2018/10/02/gov-doug-ducey-finally-sees-need-charter-school-reforms/1498769002/

Damned by Diplomatic Double-Speak: US cannot ‘say one thing and do another’, Chinese Leader Xi Ping tells US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Example:  DIPLOMACY US cannot ‘say one thing and do another’, Chinese leader tells Blinken China-US ties are more stable but still at risk i...