The 74 Million – Campbell Brown
“The vision and courage needed to take on the crisis of failing schools has surfaced during our presidential campaign – just not in this country.
Last week, addressing his party for the first time since re-election in May, UK Prime Minister David Cameron called for an end to the country’s traditional public school system, endorsing instead a nationwide conversion to academies, which are essentially the British equivalent of charter schools — publicly funded, but with greater freedom over what they teach and how they are run. He also urged current and would-be educators across the UK – parents, community groups, social service organizations – to create small new academies known as free schools.”(more)