tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post4797611411637287109..comments2024-03-20T03:15:54.979-04:00Comments on Mother Crusader: Benjamin Rayer, New Jersey's King Of The CyberchartersMother Crusaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05282456501033994143noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-40165455929068080332013-06-17T20:33:52.148-04:002013-06-17T20:33:52.148-04:00Hi Anonymous, PLEASE feel free to reach out to me ...Hi Anonymous, PLEASE feel free to reach out to me about your experiences at Merit and with Touchstone. I would love to talk to you about it. Thank you for reading my blog, and thank you for your brave comment. darciecimarusti@gmail.comMother Crusaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05282456501033994143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-7709712787054137572013-06-17T19:52:54.774-04:002013-06-17T19:52:54.774-04:00Merit Prep is a school that treats the children li...Merit Prep is a school that treats the children like they are criminals and crooks. These people uses the word "I have your child/children best interest at heart" but then strip them from everything once they walk into the biulding. Merit Prep founders believe that our children is not worthy of going on educational field trips which they didn't do this year at all. they does not have a gym, the children are not allowed to ask questions or to learn from and with each other. Merit curriculum does not include a social skill setting. There are teachers there that calls children stupid in there faces and nothing is done about it. One of the math teachers acts like he is on drugs, always angry, nitpicking the children for no reason and they keep the children stressed out on a daily basis. We as parents supports organizations like this that only see our children as a dollar sign and as a New Jersy resident (Essex County) enough is enough. These charter schools are overated and the sad thing about it is that these people that open these charter schools believe that the public sector schools that educated them are not a benefit today but was a benefit for them when they went to school to get their education. I believe that there is a lot of corruption within the Touchstone organization and they need to be booted out of New Jersy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-81151129825511237812013-04-22T17:19:49.108-04:002013-04-22T17:19:49.108-04:00Thank you :)Thank you :)jersey bolahttp://www.jersey-bola.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-83370582231219903972013-02-27T01:15:20.633-05:002013-02-27T01:15:20.633-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736452060408924515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-50154068749709402012-07-16T17:36:31.073-04:002012-07-16T17:36:31.073-04:00Thomas Ultican
Thank you for such painstaking work...Thomas Ultican<br />Thank you for such painstaking work. A few months ago I did a piece on DFER and learned how much of this school privatization is being done behind closed doors, but this kind of corruption cannot stand if people like yourself continue to speak against this vapid immorality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-72619439055698128722012-07-16T14:54:46.808-04:002012-07-16T14:54:46.808-04:00Impressed beyond words. I admire and support your...Impressed beyond words. I admire and support your efforts. Well done Darcie!MAliOzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841762569516392722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-84017139625413124492012-07-16T11:07:16.601-04:002012-07-16T11:07:16.601-04:00Out in Seattle we have 2 outstanding education blo...Out in Seattle we have 2 outstanding education blogs - Dora, Sue, Charlie, Melissa should ALL be paid by The union - as a high school math teacher in Seattle for 6 years, I've learned more from their blogs, and their many contributors, than I ever learned from the NEA, WEA or SEA (national, state and local unions). I've learned about policy battles, about the history of those battling, about legislation, about the district, about the state ... It is stunning and appalling to me that The union that I pay can't do what these citizens do for zip. By the way there are 70 or 80,000 other members paying our union. <br /><br />R.MurphyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-12414242006124753602012-07-16T10:56:02.683-04:002012-07-16T10:56:02.683-04:00"The best interest of children" is more ..."The best interest of children" is more like collateral damage...if it happens on the way to the goal then that's okay. The relative silence of the press, the close ties between policy makers, TFA, Broad... indicate a more coordinated assault on the public than a few education snake-oil "entrepreneurs". They do not know teaching, child development,or the level of mastery it takes to move a room full of today's children toward shared and individual goals. They do know profit, connections, cronyism...Education and children ARE the collateral damage, but it isn't likely in their best interest. Profit, control and a share in the spoils is the real goal.Dan McConnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679284479998846344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-74042225168483181132012-07-16T10:52:49.350-04:002012-07-16T10:52:49.350-04:00Public Education is the new "gold rush" ...Public Education is the new "gold rush" for corporate greed. To get an idea how gold rushes work, watch HBO's miniseries, Deadwood. It's about the 1870's gold rush in the Dakota Territory. Viewer Advisement: Be prepared for debauchery and disregard for human suffering as to make one squeamish.<br /><br />Still, it will prepare you for sleaze that will attempt to profit and the final outcome; a few major players holding most of the gold with the rest working in the squalor of a pocked landscape their enterprising will leave behind.<br /><br />That is the future of education IF left to the hands of sell-out politicians in both parties, profiteering corporations, blind-eyed newspapers, and even complicit union leaders. Thank goodness for blogs like this one. There is no hope without parents, educators, and citizens advocating like you do here. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-64199339032029004042012-07-15T06:00:32.922-04:002012-07-15T06:00:32.922-04:00This is how the ultra rich, Republican corporate ...This is how the ultra rich, Republican corporate slugs view public education in America. It is just another wide open, extremely lucrative BUSINESS opportunity that requires a complacent and cooperative government officials, ill informed citizenry, and an aggressive, ideological national privatization program piloted by soulless shadow corporations. "Conspiracy Theory" anyone? Where is Mel Gibson when you need him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-61619761460084932822012-07-15T02:10:12.022-04:002012-07-15T02:10:12.022-04:00Thank you KR and Commuting Teacher!
Please do h...Thank you KR and Commuting Teacher! <br /><br />Please do help spread the word. People need to understand why this is REALLY happening. While there is lots of talk about the best interest of children, there seems to be an awful lot of big money interest in these cyber charters. <br /><br />You have to ask yourself why. The Charter School Growth Fund is nothing more than a way to temporarily funnel cash into charters until the money starts pouring back out. Check it out:<br /><br />http://chartergrowthfund.org/invest.why.html<br /><br />My favorite line:<br /><br />CSGF's portfolio will reach financial sustainability on public revenues at scale over the next decade.<br /> <br />Translation: We'll be making a tidy profit off of public dollars real, real soon.Mother Crusaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05282456501033994143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-4518689750063186942012-07-14T18:32:01.794-04:002012-07-14T18:32:01.794-04:00Holy cow, Darcie! You are doing amazing work! If...Holy cow, Darcie! You are doing amazing work! If you can find this out, why aren't our media outlets working as hard? You are an inspiration! <br /><br />Now, as for the story, CC imported many things from Colorado, including his preferred model for evaluating teachers. So really it seems CO is a package deal. They have Broadies, charters, charter fund management firms, and teacher evaluations. I also Googled "Charter School Growth Fund in Colorado" and frankly, I am deeply disturbed with the correlation of schools that are publicly funded and fund management firms. The rise of publicly funded and privately profited schools are so wrong and goals are diametrically opposed. Disgusting.Commuting Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03866770153875715801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041287977169808397.post-22034096300230842122012-07-14T18:23:46.027-04:002012-07-14T18:23:46.027-04:00Fantastic. Only if the NJEA would send this out to...Fantastic. Only if the NJEA would send this out to all members in an email blast. Or maybe (lol) the Star-Ledger. Not counting on either.KRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703748211160744614noreply@blogger.com