http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/10/23/tnreport-great-hearts-planning-to-lobby-for-statewide-charter-authorizer Comments On: TNReport: Great Hearts Planning to Lobby for Statewide Charter Authorizer by Steven Hale en-us Copyright 2013 Nashville Scene. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Nashville Scene readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Nashville Scene. wil@desert.net (Nashville Scene Webmaster) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Mark Mays]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:24:26 -0500 Nashville Scene
First I saw stats for Veritas Prep in Phoenix. Just 0.3% of the kids in this school (enrollment of 426) qualify for free/reduced price lunches.
Posted by bubbadog]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:14:38 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by nm]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:14:03 -0500 Nashville Scene
Show me the money — and more important, show me how MNEA's supposed money and influence have affected school board decisions. I'm not seeing the evidence.
Posted by bubbadog]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:21:15 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Just a question]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:58:29 -0500 Nashville Scene
The majority on the school board would probably not be on the school board without the money and organization of the MNEA. That is as much a conflict of interest as would exist for any school board member who was elected with the financial and organizational support of the Great Hearts people.

In response to Gast, it is also worth noting that charter schools are more public school that private school.
Posted by Mark Rogers]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:00:35 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by bubbadog]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:10:35 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by xray]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:56:29 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Mark Mays]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:08:19 -0500 Nashville Scene
if there is this much cash, and we can assume that there are investors somewhere getting hefty returns on their investments in charter school organizations (the folks who own Great Hearts and others), it seems like the school board should be rolling in money-- but they're not.
Posted by hsGraduate]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:04:31 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Anon]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:53:56 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by Moost]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:47:32 -0500 Nashville Scene
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2012/10/the_headmaster_of_a_phoenix.php
Posted by Anon]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:24:19 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by bubbadog]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:17:08 -0500 Nashville Scene
It would be like having the Postal Service granting operating licenses to FedEx or TVA approving competitive and efficient power producers.
Posted by Moost]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:08:58 -0500 Nashville Scene
Can we agree that both Great Hearts and the school board {at least indirectly} both have conflicts of interest? After all, several members of the school board owe their elections to the support from MNEA and the Democratic Party, two organizations that consistently oppose Charter Schools, including those that have proven successful}?

Personally I think Great Hearts speaking up on this is lousy politics.
Posted by Mark Rogers]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:34:06 -0500 Nashville Scene Posted by bubbadog]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:11:28 -0500 Nashville Scene