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WARNING: THE CONTENT OF THIS POST IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN.

10 Sep

What is the real cost of corporate education reform?

dianeravitch's avatarDiane Ravitch's blog

The following post was written by Amy Frogge, an elected member of the Board of Education in Nashville. Frogge is a lawyer and a strong supporter of public dchools. She was elected in a campaign where corporate reformers outspent her 5-1. She has been openly critical of “no excuses” charter schools, especially Nashville Prep, founded by Ravi Gupta. inthis post she responds to a post written by Gupta, accusing her of wanting to censor a book used in his school in seventh grade. Gupta has plans to open more charters in Mississippi.

Amy Frogge writes:

WARNING: THE CONTENT OF THIS POST IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN.

Today I was attacked (again) by Ravi Gupta, the head and founder of RePublic Schools, which operates several schools in the district, including Nashville Prep. This time, Mr. Gupta was upset about a private email I’d written to MNPS administrators (the email was forwarded…

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