December 2020

2020 CharterFolk Year in Review

Good morning, CharterFolk. CharterFolk began on June 8, 2020 with the post Welcome to CharterFolk. The effort started at a moment of great racial reckoning both for our nation as well as for our movement. We were also in the middle of a great pandemic which has made CharterFolk’s contributions to public education among the

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Reasons for Optimism: A Good Nomination and Appointment

Good morning, CharterFolk. I don’t have a lot to add to what many others have been sharing regarding the nomination of Miguel Cardonas for the US Secretary of Education post. CharterFolk in Connecticut report that Cardonas is someone we can work with. In comparison to virtually all other names that were surfaced in recent weeks,

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Why Elon Musk May Abandon California But Charters Never Will

Good morning CharterFolk. Thanks to many of you for signing onto Margaret Fortune’s petition opposing Lily Eskelsen Garcia and Randi Weingarten being nominated for US Secretary of Education. It’s still not too late to sign. So if you haven’t don’t so already, I encourage you to do so today. Thanks also to many of you

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Sometimes Getting in the Game is More Courtship than Combat

Listen to as a Podcast (6 minutes) Good morning, CharterFolk. We are coming down to crunch time for Biden’s announcement for US Secretary of Education nominee.  I hope all of you will take a minute to sign Margaret Fortune’s petition opposing Lily Eskelsen Garcia for that role. https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/fighting-against-lily-eskelsen-garcia-for-education-secretary I have written previously about the existential

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CharterFolk X, Vol 18 – Christopher Mayes, “Getting It” in Ways that Advance our Entire Movement

Today it is our pleasure to recognize Christopher Mayes, Superintendent of Beatrice Mayes Institute in Houston Texas, as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. Like example after example of other leaders recognized as CharterFolk Extraordinaire, Christopher comes from a long line of educators committed to improving educational opportunity for the kids and communities who need it most. The organization

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