Showdown: House to Vote on ‘Community Schools’ that Conflict with Texas Values

Breitbart Texas ^ | 05/13/2015 | by Merrill Hope

[Rusty0604]

“Community schools” is not a widely-known term, but today representatives in the Texas State House will vote on House Bill 1891, entitled “Relating to Texas Community Schools” – legislation that would, if passed, fundamentally change the role of public education in students’ lives, in ways that conflict with Texas values.

HB 1891, written by Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin), defines a “community school” as any K-12 public school that “partners with one or more community-based organizations to coordinate academic, social, and health services.”

Community schools are not the usual workforce-ready education reform. “The vision of a community school must be at the heart of emerging place-based initiatives, including Promise Neighborhoods, Choice Neighborhoods, cradle-to-career programs, and P-20 networks integrating educational opportunities from preschool through college,” according to Achieving Results Through Community School Partnerships, a 2012 report by the Coalition for Community Schools (CCS), in conjunction with the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) and sponsored by the George Soros funded Center for American Progress.

This is not merely an ambitious school reform – it is a life plan for the entire family. In addition to academic, social, emotional, and behavioral health needs, programs for family support, youth development, service learning, wellness, social justice, and even parenting classes are packed into a slew of public-private partnerships to create a community-at-large.

It is a new mindset, says CCS, in which Big Education leads the way in public/private partnerships that integrate social services right into the fabric of the school’s DNA.

[Rusty0604]

And then there's this:

"Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday proposed the idea of public boarding schools, saying there are "just certain kids we should have 24/7.""

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/education-secretary-backs-public-boarding-schools-certain-kids-we-should

[yetidog]

bring back orphanages and reform schools.

[Albion Wilde]

Yeah, in England they just had to break up a bunch of schools in muslim “communities” that were teaching islam and discriminating against Christian pupils.

[ziravan]

I don’t put anything past democrat elected Joe Straus and his cronies in the House.

Theoretically, Dan Patrick as Lt. Gov. and Greg Abbott as Gov. will put the brakes on such an idea.

Theoretically.

[Rusty0604]

Looks to me like this is more than Muslim schools only; looks like entire communities getting “social justice” through their kid’s school system. Soros social program.

[BenLurkin]

“The vision of a community school must be at the heart of emerging place-based initiatives, including Promise Neighborhoods, Choice Neighborhoods, cradle-to-career programs, and P-20 networks integrating educational opportunities from preschool through college,”

No thanks!