Nenad Radakovic

Associate professor, math educator, occasional singer/songwrriter, and a sporadic poet

[Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @LRA_LRTMP]

New Volume 71 Article!
Download this Radakovic, O'Byrne, Negreiros, Hunter-Doniger, Pears, & Littlejohn work here: https://t.co/VHhMGjxp85
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[Nenad Radakovic @RadakovicMathEd]

@LRA_LRTMP @wiobyrne @DocCreativity @LRA_LitResearch Super excited about that this is out!

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@Palazzo_Chigi When the booster is administered, do I have to wait 14 days or can I enter Italy before 14 days have passed?

[Amy Frogge @AmyFrogge]

Charter schools are unregulated, and there is essentially zero oversight into their use of public tax dollars. Meanwhile, only 5 TN charter schools (out of over 100) has a success rate over 20%, according to the state Report Card.

[Amy Frogge @AmyFrogge]

10. Boys Preparatory Academy in Nashville shut down after only 2 years after district officials found flaws in its special education services, manipulation of enrollment data and “other troubling patterns.” - And this is just a sampling. THERE’S MORE.

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9. Drexel Preparatory Academy in Nashville closed after using unlicensed teachers, a carbon monoxide leak that impacted students, and ongoing poor performance.

[Amy Frogge @AmyFrogge]

Rocketship, based in CA, is amassing millions in TN tax dollars through substantial management fees, facilities fees and “growth” fees. It also accessed a nearly $8 million tax-free bond for facilities through a back room deal.

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8. Rocketship in Nashville forced open a brand new ASD school, even though its school was in the bottom 3% of schools statewide. (The ASD is supposed to bring up low-performing schools, not open new ones.) This new school closed after only one month. (cont.)

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7. Southwest Early Charter School in Memphis closed after using uncertified teachers, failing to serve special needs students, losing its partnership with a community college and having “no institutional control,”according to the district.

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6. Gateway University Charter School in Memphis shut down after it falsified grades, used uncertified teachers, gave credits for a geometry class that didn’t exist, and pulled children out of class to clean school bathrooms, classrooms, and hallways. (!)

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5. Two KIPP charter schools in Memphis abruptly closed without notice or community discussion, displacing about 650 students.

[Amy Frogge @AmyFrogge]

special needs and EL students, ran for-profit businesses out of the school, posted terrible academic results, and more. After $ went missing, its CEO/founder disappeared. Nashville shut it down and THE STATE FORCED IT BACK OPEN. It’s now operating w/a $7.9 million deficit.

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4. Knowledge Academies in Nashville failed to pay teachers, used uncertified teachers, lost hundreds of thousands in an online phishing scheme, changed grades and transcripts, understaffed the school, forced poor kids to buy expensive uniforms, failed to properly serve (cont.)

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a school serving only 150 students. New Vision also violated the fire code by cramming too many kids into classrooms.

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3. New Vision Academy in Nashville shut down after state and federal investigation into financial irregularities and failure to comply with federal laws re: EL students and special needs students. Its leaders- a husband/wife team- earned $563k per year to oversee (continued)

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2. The Executive Director of Legacy Leadership Academy was charged w/2 counts of theft and 3 counts of forgery after the comptroller found she inflated amounts on phony invoices to steal $4595 from the school.

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1. Memphis Academy of Health Sciences closed after 3 leaders were indicted for stealing $400k for personal use- for Vegas trips, a hot tub, NBA tickets, auto repair, etc. 750 students were displaced.

[Amy Frogge @AmyFrogge]

Tennessee is considering opening 100 new charter schools, removing ALL local control of charter approvals, and giving charter schools free access to public school buildings. Last week, I shared charters’ dismal performance rates. Now let’s consider 10 horror stories:

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Mathematics of quantum mechanics.

Bird reveals the state of Schrödinger's Cat. Source: https://t.co/KDZkfqA3fy