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Pathway School of Discovery
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Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
1 Niche users give it an average review of 1 stars.
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Overall Niche Grade: C,
Students: 718,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 23 to 1,
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Horizon Science Academy – Dayton Downtown
Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
9 Niche users give it an average review of 4.4 stars.
Featured Review: Parent says
My girls go there and they have been doing great one of my daughter’s is student of the month and the other one have pass her test..
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Overall Niche Grade: C,
Students: 187,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 12 to 1,
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Dayton Early College Academy Prep
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Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
Overall Niche Grade: C,
Students: 932,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 19 to 1,
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Trotwood Preparatory & Fitness Academy
Public School,
TROTWOOD, OH,
K-8,
Overall Niche Grade: C,
Students: 375,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 10 to 1,
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Dayton Smart Elementary School
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Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-6,
Overall Niche Grade: C,
Students: 114,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 19 to 1,
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Emerson Academy
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Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
4 Niche users give it an average review of 2 stars.
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Overall Niche Grade: C minus,
Students: 717,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 23 to 1,
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Miami Valley Academies
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Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
10 Niche users give it an average review of 4 stars.
Featured Review: Senior says
I graduated in 2014 as a top 3 student I miss this school so much I had a great learning experience. Even though now it looks to be an elementary through middle school now.
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Overall Niche Grade: C minus,
Students: 125,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 13 to 1,
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Summit Academy Community School – Dayton
Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
4 Niche users give it an average review of 2.8 stars.
Featured Review: Recent Alumnus says
The teachers are.
extremely helpful the curriculum is pretty average i suppose.Lots of tutors available.Read 4 reviews.
Overall Niche Grade: C minus,
Students: 69,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 12 to 1,
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North Dayton School of Discovery
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Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
3 Niche users give it an average review of 3.7 stars.
Featured Review: Parent says
I absolutely love North Dayton! Great learning environment and excellent teacher-parent communication. My daughters have been there for 4 years now and they love it also!!!.
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Overall Niche Grade: C minus,
Students: 520,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 19 to 1,
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Richard Allen Preparatory School
Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
Overall Niche Grade: C minus,
Students: 376,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1,
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City Day Community School
Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
Overall Niche Grade: C minus,
Students: 176,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1,
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Imagine Klepinger Community School
Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
1 Niche users give it an average review of 1 stars.
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Overall Niche Grade: C minus,
Students: 568,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 33 to 1,
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Horizon Science Academy – Dayton Elementary School
Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-5,
Overall Niche Grade: D+,
Students: 153,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1,
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Dayton Leadership Academy – Dayton View Campus
Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
Overall Niche Grade: D+,
Students: 445,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 21 to 1,
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Montgomery Preparatory Academy
Public School,
DAYTON, OH,
K-8,
Overall Niche Grade: D+,
Students: 252,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1,
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Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learners – Xenia
Public School,
XENIA, OH,
K-12,
Students: 169,
Student-Teacher Ratio: 12 to 1,
He was part of the first elementary class (grade 5) and has been at STEM ever since. This has allowed him to develop close friendships with peers, great relationships with teachers and staff, and a solid career path at age 17. He will actually graduate from college with an Associate’s degree in Cybersecurity before he graduates from high school! This was made possible with participation in P-Tech and the Concurrent Enrollment programs. He is now well-prepared for college and for life. If your child shows propensity for engineering or technology, math or science, STEM will nurture those gifts and provide many opportunities to shine, not only through advanced classes, but also enrichment including Tech Student’s Association, Computer Science Honor Society, BEST Robotics,Cyberpariot, paid internships, and more. Our son is applying to many of the country’s top universities to continue his education…. Read 76 reviews
extremely helpful the curriculum is pretty average i suppose.Lots of tutors available.
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Top 10 Best Dayton, OH Public Charter Schools (2022-23)
For the 2022-23 school year, there are 22 public charter schools serving 7,016 students in Dayton, OH.
The top ranked public charter schools in Dayton, OH are Dayton Early College Academy Inc, Deca Prep and Trotwood Preparatory & Fitness Academy. Overall testing rank is based on a school’s combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.
Dayton, OH public charter schools have an average math proficiency score of 33% (versus the Ohio public charter school average of 35%), and reading proficiency score of 41% (versus the 44% statewide average). Charter schools in Dayton have an average ranking of 5/10, which is in the bottom 50% of Ohio public charter schools.
Minority enrollment is 85% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the Ohio public charter school average of 63% (majority Black).
Best Dayton, OH Public Charter Schools (2022-23)
School (Math and Reading Proficiency)
Location
Grades
Students
Rank: #11.
Dayton Early College Academy Inc
Charter School
Math: 50-54% | Reading: 85-89%
Rank:
Top 50%
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1529 Brown St
Dayton, OH 45469
(937) 229-5780
Grades: 9-12
| 361 students
Rank: #22.
Deca Prep
Charter School
Math: 42% | Reading: 55%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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200 Homewood Ave
Dayton, OH 45405
(937) 610-0110
Grades: K-8
| 932 students
Rank: #33.
Trotwood Preparatory & Fitness Academy
Charter School
Math: 50% | Reading: 47%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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3100 Shiloh Springs Rd
Dayton, OH 45426
(937) 854-4100
Grades: K-8
| 375 students
Rank: #44.
Pathway School Of Discovery
Charter School
Math: 39% | Reading: 50%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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173 Avondale Dr
Dayton, OH 45404
(937) 235-5498
Grades: K-8
| 718 students
Rank: #55.
Klepinger Community School
Charter School
Math: 47% | Reading: 39%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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3650 Klepinger Rd
Dayton, OH 45416
(937) 610-1710
Grades: K-8
| 568 students
Rank: #66.
Emerson Academy
Charter School
Math: 38% | Reading: 47%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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501 Hickory St
Dayton, OH 45410
(937) 223-2889
Grades: K-8
| 717 students
Rank: #77.
Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown
Charter School
Math: 30-34% | Reading: 35-39%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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121 S Monmouth St
Dayton, OH 45403
(937) 281-1980
Grades: K-8
| 187 students
Rank: #88.
Dayton Smart Elementary School
Charter School
Math: 20-29% | Reading: 40-49%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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601 S Keowee St
Dayton, OH 45410
(937) 222-2812
Grades: K-6
| 114 students
Rank: #99.
North Dayton School Of Science & Discovery
Charter School
Math: 29% | Reading: 34%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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3901 Turner Rd
Dayton, OH 45415
(937) 278-6671
Grades: K-8
| 520 students
Rank: #1010.
Urban Early College Network Elementary School
Charter School
Math: ≤10% | Reading: <50%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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3237 W Siebenthaler Ave Unit 2
Dayton, OH 45406
(937) 952-1079
Grades: 9-12
| 86 students
Rank: #1111.
Richard Allen Preparatory
Charter School
Math: 20% | Reading: 38%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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545 Odlin Ave
Dayton, OH 45405
(937) 951-2800
Grades: K-8
| 376 students
Rank: #1212.
Summit Academy Community School – Dayton
Charter School
Math: 20-29% | Reading: 30-39%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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4128 Cedar Ridge Rd
Dayton, OH 45414
(937) 278-4298
Grades: K-8
| 69 students
Rank: #1313.
Miami Valley Academies
Charter School
Math: 25-29% | Reading: 25-29%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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5656 Springboro Pike
Dayton, OH 45449
(937) 294-4522
Grades: K-8
| 125 students
Rank: #1414.
Dayton Leadership Academies-dayton View Campus
Charter School
Math: 25% | Reading: 27%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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1416 W Riverview Ave
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 567-9426
Grades: K-8
| 445 students
Rank: #1515.
Summit Academy Transition High School Dayton
Charter School
Math: 11-19% | Reading: 30-39%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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251 Erdiel Dr
Dayton, OH 45415
(937) 813-8592
Grades: 9-12
| 120 students
Rank: #1616.
City Day Community School
Charter School
Math: 20-24% | Reading: 15-19%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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320 S Main St
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 223-8130
Grades: K-8
| 176 students
Rank: #17 – 1917.
– 19.
Dayton Business Technology High School
Charter School
Math: ≤20% | Reading: ≤20%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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348 W 1st St
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 225-3989
Grades: 9-12
| 72 students
Rank: #17 – 1917. – 19.
Gem City Career Prep High School
Charter School
Math: ≤20% | Reading: ≤20%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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1721 N Main St
Dayton, OH 45405
(937) 274-2841
Grades: 9-12
| 106 students
Rank: #17 – 1917. – 19.
Liberty High School
Charter School
Math: ≤20% | Reading: ≤20%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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140 N Keowee St
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 701-7945
Grades: 9-12
| 224 students
Rank: #2020.
Horizon Science Academy Dayton High School
Charter School
Math: 10-14% | Reading: 25-29%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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250 Shoup Mill Rd
Dayton, OH 45415
(937) 281-1480
Grades: 6-12
| 320 students
Rank: #2121.
Horizon Science Academy-dayton
Charter School
Math: 10-14% | Reading: 20-24%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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4751 Sue Ann Blvd
Dayton, OH 45415
(937) 277-1177
Grades: K-5
| 153 students
Rank: #2222.
Montgomery Preparatory Academy
Charter School
Math: 10-14% | Reading: 15-19%
Rank:
Bottom 50%
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2745 S Smithville Rd
Dayton, OH 45420
(937) 991-2900
Grades: K-8
| 252 students
Dayton, Ohio Public Schools (Closed)
School
Location
Grades
Students
Allen Elementary School (Closed 2008)
132 Alaska St
Dayton, OH 45404
(937) 542-4170
Grades: PK-6
| 349 students
Barnes Continuing Education Center (Closed 2014)
3700 Far Hills Ave
Dayton, OH 45429
(937) 296-7180
Grades: PK
| 76 students
Broadmoor Elementary School (Closed 2008)
701 E Main St
Dayton, OH 45426
(937) 854-0361
Grades: K-6
| 422 students
Carter G.
Woodson Institute Elementary School (Closed 2011)
Charter School
1 Elizabeth Place
Dayton, OH 45408
(937) 853-0560
Grades: 9-12
| n/a students
Centerville Preschool (Closed 2014)
8388 Paragon Rd
Dayton, OH 45458
(937) 312-1273
Grades: n/a
| n/a students
Charles L Loos Elementary School (Closed 2010)
45 Wampler Ave
Dayton, OH 45405
(937) 542-5190
Grades: PK-6
| 395 students
Colin Powell Leadership Academy (Closed 2009)
Charter School
834 Randolph St
Dayton, OH 45408
(937) 263-3937
Grades: K-11
| 222 students
Dayton Boys Preparatory Academy (Closed 2021)
1923 W 3rd St
Dayton, OH 45417
(937) 542-3000
Grades: K-8
| 140 students
Dayton Leadership Academies-early Learning Academy (Closed 2014)
Charter School
1416 W Riverview Ave
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 567-9426
Grades: K-2
| 176 students
Dayton Public Schools Preschool Academy @ Jackson (Closed 2012)
329 Abbey Ave
Dayton, OH 45417
(937) 542-4740
Grades: PK
| 280 students
Dorothy B Johnson Elementary School (Closed 2005)
Charter School
5833 Student St
Dayton, OH 45449
(937) 435-2211
Grades: n/a
| n/a students
E J Brown Elementary School (Closed 2004)
48 W Parkwood Dr
Dayton, OH 45405
(937) 542-4440
Grades: K-6
| 564 students
Early College Academy (Closed 2008)
300 College Park Ave
Dayton, OH 45469
(937) 229-5990
Grades: 9-11
| 222 students
East End Community School (Closed 2009)
Charter School
401 Nassau St
Dayton, OH 45410
(937) 222-7355
Grades: K-7
| 255 students
F C Macfarlane Middle School (Closed 2004)
215 S Paul Laurence Dunbar St
Dayton, OH 45407
(937) 542-6210
Grades: 7-8
| 341 students
Fairview Middle School (Closed 2009)
2408 Philadelphia Dr
Dayton, OH 45406
(937) 542-6050
Grades: 8
| 159 students
Five Points Elementary East (Closed 2013)
650 East Lytle 5 Points Rd
Dayton, OH 45458
(937) 748-6090
Grades: 1-5
| 585 students
Frank Nicholas Elementary School (Closed 2021)
3846 Vance Rd
Dayton, OH 45439
(937) 859-5121
Grades: 1-5
| 168 students
Gardendale Academy (Closed 2015)
Special Education School
1733 N Gettysburg Ave
Dayton, OH 45427
(937) 268-6636
Grades: 1-12
| 69 students
General Chappie James Leadership Academy (Closed 2015)
Charter School
120 Knox Ave
Dayton, OH 45417
(937) 835-3580
Grades: 9-12
| 103 students
Gorman School @ Jackson Center (Closed 2015)
Special Education School
329 Abbey Ave
Dayton, OH 45417
(937) 542-4790
Grades: PK-8
| 89 students
Grace A Greene Academy @ Longfellow Center (Closed 2006)
Vocational School
503 Edison St
Dayton, OH 45407
(937) 542-6910
Grades: n/a
| n/a students
Hickorydale Elementary School (Closed 2007)
2101 Hickorydale Dr
Dayton, OH 45406
(937) 542-4840
Grades: PK-7
| 280 students
Imagine Woodbury Academy (Closed 2021)
Charter School
100 E Woodbury Dr
Dayton, OH 45415
(877) 644-6338
Grades: K-5
| 166 students
The Isus Institute Of Construction Technology Elementary School (Closed 2013)
Charter School
140 North Keowee St
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 223-2323
Grades: 9-11
| 50 students
The Isus Institute Of Health Care Elementary School (Closed 2013)
Charter School
140 N Keowee St
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 223-2323
Grades: 9-11
| 85 students
The Isus Institute Of Manufacturing Elementary School (Closed 2013)
Charter School
140 North Keowee St
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 223-2323
Grades: 9-11
| 36 students
Jefferson Academy Middle School (Closed 2005)
2701 S Union Rd
Dayton, OH 45418
(937) 835-5691
Grades: 3-12
| 17 students
Jefferson Montessori Prim II Elementary School (Closed 2009)
1223 N Euclid Ave
Dayton, OH 45407
(937) 542-5040
Grades: PK-4
| 166 students
Kiser Middle School (Closed 2007)
1401 Leo St
Dayton, OH 45404
(937) 542-6130
Grades: 8
| 183 students
Kitty Hawk Elementary School (Closed 2012)
5758 Harshmanville Rd
Dayton, OH 45424
(937) 237-6392
Grades: PK-5
| 353 students
Lamendola Elementary School (Closed 2012)
5363 Tilbury Rd
Dayton, OH 45424
(937) 237-6370
Grades: K-5
| 505 students
Lincoln Ige Elementary School (Closed 2007)
401 Nassau St
Dayton, OH 45410
(937) 542-5140
Grades: PK-7
| 506 students
Miami Chapel Elementary School (Closed 2007)
1630 Miami Chapel Rd
Dayton, OH 45408
(937) 542-5440
Grades: 4-8
| 351 students
Mound Street Academies Elementary School (Closed 2021)
Charter School
354 Mound St
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 223-3041
Grades: 9-12
| n/a students
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90,000 Milwaukee residents oppose school privatization.
US progressive workers breathed a sigh of relief two months ago when Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ended his presidential campaign. For the people of Wisconsin, this was sad news as Walker returned to their state to continue his arrogant attacks on workers and students. The latest such attack is the violent takeover of Milwaukee Public Schools, which will close poor public schools and turn them over to private ownership.
Privatization of public education is not new to Milwaukee. This project has been going on for over 25 years. The voucher school system affected over 100 schools and 26,000 students. Schools compete for students who cost $7,210 each. Local residents pay a third of this amount. It is quite normal for voucher schools to close in the middle of the school year because many administrators do not have experience in the education system. In fact, you don’t need a college degree to become a voucher school administrator. Beginning in 2004, more than 50 Milwaukee voucher schools closed temporarily or permanently.
School chartering.
From the outset, chartering exploited the accumulated anger of the Black, Hispanic, and Asian communities over poor conditions in the city’s public schools. 86% of Milwaukee public school students were black and Hispanic. Pupils in poor urban schools began to suffer more and more from prison conditions, lack of resources and personnel necessary for satisfactory education. In Milwaukee, those who wanted to own and make money from private schools found a handy ally in Polly Williams, a black politician from a near-crisis-ravaged northwest Milwaukee.
In the 1980s, Polly Williams put forward a plan that called for most of the schools in the black northwest area to leave the Milwaukee school district and form a new black-only school district. This plan failed because it conflicted with a court order to desegregate Milwaukee public schools. And Williams was unable to convince the inhabitants of the Negro areas of the usefulness of her plan.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other Negro organizations supported the desegregation policy and opposed the plan outright.
After the failure of racial segregation of schools, Williams took the path of creating competition among schools. This initiative attracted the attention of the conservative Milwaukee Bradley Foundation. In the late 1980s, this foundation partnered with Williams and began to provide her with money for research and advocacy, subject to active support at the legislative level for the conversion of public schools to charter schools. Williams made what she later called an “unholy alliance” with big business interests. April 19The 1990 Milwaukee Parental Choice Program became law, marking the birth of the charter school system. The media dubbed Polly the “Rose Parks of Education”. However, the conservative praise soon ended when Williams criticized the Bradley Foundation for introducing a voucher program to religious schools.
Wilms suddenly realized that her program to transfer control of schools into black hands was turning into a program to subsidize wealthy white parents. By the middle of 9The forces behind the chartering dropped Congresswoman Polly Williams. One of the most blunt and garrulous proponents of chartering, George Mitchell, said, “Polly was useful to the school choice movement because of her race and party affiliation,” but after 1995 she was no longer needed. After that, Polly began to actively oppose school chartering and work with the teachers’ union to develop a policy of social justice, but, having achieved nothing, she died in 2014.
Milwaukee charter schools are contrary to the needs of students of color, and are not even required by law to care for the needs of students with disabilities. The history of Milwaukee charter schools is deeply rooted in fraud, violence, and embezzlement of public funds. The loudest scandal became known in 2014: the administrators of the religious voucher school Life-Skill Academy, without prior announcement, stopped classes in the middle of the school year, leaving 66 students without education.
If a charter school closes in the middle of the year, the state does not have the right to demand a refund for the rest of the year. So Taron and Rodney Monroe, who ran the school, put into their pockets the $2.3 million they received from vouchers in Daytona Beach, Florida, from charter schools like LifeSkill Academy.
Any connection between poor communities of color and big business forces is based on deceit. This “unholy alliance” cannot last long and always ends in betrayal. For the past 25 years, Milwaukee has been plagued by low-quality public schools and day trip charters. But now big business, whose interests are focused on mass privatization of public education, wants to go even further, pushing a plan to expand the failed charter system and seize the funds transferred to the remaining public schools. The poor and workers should unite with teachers and support public school workers in their fight against the oligarchic takeover by creating a public movement to defend quality free education for all.
Seizure of schools.
The school takeover plan directly affects the state budget and targets Milwaukee’s public schools. The takeover plan was announced at the end of the 2014-15 school year and was adopted during the summer break when most teachers were on vacation. The state legislature allowed the Democratic principal of Milwaukee County to elect a “capture king” or commissioner who selects the top three public schools to be turned over to private companies – i.e. public funding for these schools will not be transferred to the schools, but to these companies. In subsequent years, the commissioner will choose five more “incapacitated” schools designated for privatization.
After such a choice, all employees of these schools leave. Then, they can re-apply with a request to provide them with work in the same place, but when hiring, one of the key conditions is put forward (besides all others, such as age) – leaving the trade union, with all the ensuing disqualifications.
In addition, when enrolling students, charter and voucher schools are not required to accept children with disabilities and those who do not speak English, who are left out of education. Now 55 schools have been blacklisted for privatization, and their teachers, students and parents are suffering from the uncertainty of who will be the first victims.
After the announcement of the law, the citizens of Milwaukee are confused about how local authorities will negotiate with state authorities over control of the violent takeover of urban public schools. And as people began to oppose this privatization, Senator Ron Johnson unwittingly confirmed public suspicions that legislators passed this law against the interests of Milwaukee students. In response to criticism of privatization, Johnson attempted to racially divide the opposition, accusing white liberal parents opposed to the racist plan of not sending their children to public schools because they don’t want them to “learn with these idiots”.
from the poor areas they ostensibly support.”
Resistance.
When teachers and civil servants lost their collective bargaining rights due to the passage of Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law 10 in 2011, the Wisconsin far-right decided unions were about to collapse. However, the Milwaukee Teachers Union, on the contrary, increased in membership, despite the loss of the right to participate in the contract. The Milwaukee Educational Teachers Association then turned to protests, coalition building, and community organizations to fight low wages, increased class sizes, and other issues facing students and teachers. Losing legal power to negotiate contracts, teachers and other Milwaukee school workers have begun protesting at school board meetings demanding pay increases, transparent pay schedules, and longer lunch breaks, which many teachers are being forced to forgo.
In addition, recognizing the value of public support, the teachers’ union formed an alliance with the unions of drivers, civil servants, and technical college teachers, as well as some advocacy organizations, creating Schools and Communities United.
The organization has begun using its funds and resources to enroll city children in public schools and combat rampant bribery in charter schools. The fact is that charter schools lured parents with offers of gifts in the form of tablet computers or $ 200. In addition, United Schools and Communities launched a campaign to educate parents about their right to opt out of high-scoring exams.
In order to fight against privatization, teachers intensified their resistance. With the start of the new school year, the union called on leaders in every school to educate local residents about privatization and create education advocacy organizations. The response has been significant. On September 18, teachers, students and parents from more than 100 schools took part in protests near schools. On December 5, a city-wide summit of school advocacy committees was held to determine the next steps. Although Wisconsin workers suffered a historic defeat, the actions of the teachers’ union show the way forward for Wisconsin’s private and public sector unions.
Socialist Alternative offers:
– full funding for quality local schools;
– termination of the expansion of the voucher school system;
– reduction of state funding for religious education;
– organization of democratic control in charter schools – by election of the school board;
– fight against the pipeline from school to prison – the development of alternatives and student-centered curricula;
– the creation of an independent political alternative to the working class, which should counteract the vicious conservative politics.
Source: Teachers, Students, and Community Fight School Privatization Plan in Milwaukee, Travis Albert, socialistalternative.org, November 24, 2015.
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Ours abroad. How a pilot of the Bobruisk flying club became a pilot in Miami
Alexander Saparov, a resident of Bobruisk, left for America when he was 32 years old.
At first he was invited there “for the exchange of experience.” But it turned out that he stayed there and has been living for 18 years, working as a pilot.
Alexander Saparov, pilot of Miami Fir International.
At first, he washed cars
In Bobruisk, Alexander was an instructor pilot in the local flying club. In 1999, an acquaintance offered to come to America and work in a similar company.
Bobruisk liked it in the States and decided to try his luck there.
First lived in Daytona Beach (Florida), then – in Phoenix (Arizona), Reno (Nevada), and in recent years lives in Miami (Florida).
At first, like most emigrants, he worked wherever he could: washing cars, maintaining and repairing the hotel. A year later, he received documents and began working as a mechanic in an airline, then as a pilot in a cargo company. And now he has been working as a pilot in Miami Fir International for passenger transportation for the second year.
With daughter Alice.
Alexander says that he immediately ran into a language problem. When I came to America, I knew only a few words in English. I immediately began to study tests in English for obtaining a commercial pilot’s license. Then I went to a private tutor for a whole year to learn the spoken language.
Rented an apartment. The family from Bobruisk – wife and daughter – moved to him only three years later. A year later, they bought their own house in Nevada.
It so happened that Alexander and his wife parted ways in America. His wife stayed in Nevada, and Alexander bought an apartment in Miami.
Their daughter Alice is now 23 years old. She graduated from the university in the city of Reno with a degree in economics, ten years ago she came to Bobruisk.
View of America from the aircraft.
Cross the ocean four times a week
What impressed the pilot in America so much was the endless sea of lights on the ground from above.
– If only big cities are lit up at night, then in America it’s just a carpet of lights, – the man recalls. – We landed in Miami from the ocean at night. The black line of water and the luminous huge city!.. Unforgettable impressions!
Alexander makes passenger transportation and charter flights on a Boeing 737 practically all over the world. Most often transports sports teams and tourists. Recently, for example, a group of Americans flew to Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day.
Among Alexander’s passengers was the Dalai Lama, who was on his way to a lecture at the University of Utah.
The most difficult part of the job, the pilot admits, is to cross the ocean in a small plane. Sometimes this happens four times in a week.
Work schedule: 18 working days, 12 days off or five working days, three days off. Annually – 14 days of vacation.
In 2011, Alexander Saparov was invited to work by the Russian airline Transaero.
He says that he gladly accepted this invitation and worked there for about a year. But the relationship, in the end, did not work out, he returned to America.
Pilot’s salary is $62 an hour
According to Alexander, an aircraft mechanic on an American airline makes about $22 an hour for a 40-hour work week. In flying clubs, the salary is 13-15 dollars per hour.
A Miami airline pilot earns $62 an hour. Flight per month – 55-65 hours. Total to issue: a little more than four thousand dollars a month.
Alexander, guides and the captain flew to Cuba – they brought tourists.
On scheduled airlines, pilots fly 95-100 hours, the salary is naturally higher.
But everything, of course, is known in comparison with prices. For example, Alexander bought an apartment in Miami for 130 thousand dollars. The rent is now $418 a month, which includes: maintenance, water, security, pool for residents, TV, garbage collection.
Alexander could not give specific prices for products: according to him, he just goes and buys what he wants, without looking at the price tags.
There are many Russian stores in Miami where you can even buy Bobruisk marshmallows.
Lacks “spiritual communication”
On his long weekends, Alexander likes to travel around America, roller-skating along the ocean or going to Nevada to ski.
Alexander Saparov.
Happens in Russia and Belarus. I have already begun, like a real American, to find differences in the way of life of our countries.
– In America, people basically live – home-work-home – he says. – It is not customary to relax in companies, go to visit friends and neighbors. In Russia and Belarus people communicate more. In America, we have an international company that employs Turks, Arabs, Colombians, Filipinos, and Americans. But I sometimes lack spiritual communication.
In 18 years of living here, I never found close friends who would understand.
But, unlike the Americans, it is noticeable how little Belarusians smile.
– In America, I’m walking down the street, a man is walking towards me, we met eyes, nodded to each other and say: “Hello!”. Even if we don’t know each other. There was such a case in Bobruisk. I walk down the street, towards me – a policeman. Our eyes meet, I nodded to him and said: “Hi” and went on. It happened automatically. I turn around, and he stands and looks after me with surprise.
Alexander Saparov, pilot of Miami Fir International.
To Bobruisk, to my mother! And in the flying club
In his hometown on the Berezina, Alexander Saparov left only his mother – Maria Ivanovna Saparova. He visits her several times a year. She does not plan to take her mother to America yet, because she is often absent from home, and she can be very lonely there.