School Choice

  Reading Time 1 min 48 secs Christie Tarpley has a message for Black students and…

The angry protestors are coming for public statues of historic Americans as diverse as Confederate traitors like Robert E. Lee and slave-owning American founders like George Washington. But what do you do when a school building or an entire school system is the monument representing past wrongs? That might be more of a problem than you think.

A bill that provides reforms and transparency to virtual charter schools passed unanimously out of the state Senate today and now heads to Gov. Stitt’s desk. Rep. Sheila Dills and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton authored House Bill 2905.

“Yes, I am already planning on Cat being home. I’m OK with it, I like her home, but I think we need to really begin to consider how we reach the most vulnerable communities,” NPU representative Colleen Cook said.

A Brookings Institute study reveals that “Black students who have one Black teacher by third-grade are 7% more likely to graduate high school and 13% more likely to enroll in college. After having two Black teachers, a Black students’ likelihood of enrolling in college increases by 32%.”

Trump and his Republican associates have a history of using Black human props in efforts to pander to Black voters. I find it sickening and hope my people don’t fall for his bullshit because the Republican Party doesn’t own the school reform movement of today — people of color do.

“More and more parents are-realizing the innate power they have to improve education,” says Robert Ruiz, executive director of ChoiceMatters.