Posted on 10/17/2008 6:19:14 PM PDT by BIOCHEMKY
Never more prophetic words have been written in recent months than those by Jennifer Rubin, who concluded in a September 13, 2008, Pajamas Media article
the monies doled out through the Woods Fund to these groups, including [Bill] Ayers own Annenberg Challenge, helped cement Obamas political relationships and bond with key players in Chicago.
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The Leadership for Quality Education organization was a major school "reform" front organization that made possible the unfolding of Bill Ayers' diabolical plan to radicalize the educational curriculum and organizational structure of the Chicago Public School System as a model for the rest of America's urban public schools to follow (from left to right coast) over the last 30 years.
Welcome to Charter School HELL...
Most of these charter schools were developed based on the charter schools of Chicago that were designed by an unrepentant domestic terrorist with a communist political ideology and a marxist educational philosophy, paid for in part by monies lobbied for on Capitol Hill by the highly pervasive rent-a-mob thugery known as ACORN (& Service Industry Employees Union Local 100) and monies granted to the terrorist's brother with the help of the first foreign consumate liar to ever be nominated by a major American political party to be the next President of the United States!
Bill Ayers, “over throwing the Capitalist System, and put in something more humane”
For those who haven’t seen the documentary;
Extensive archival material, including, photographs, film footage and FBI documents are interwoven with modern-day interviews to trace the groups path, from its pitched battles with police on Chicagos streets, to its bombing of the U.S. Capitol, to its successful endeavor breaking acid-guru Timothy Leary out of prison.
Illinois
Leadership for Quality Education
John Ayers, Margaret Lin, Katie Kelly
(312) 853-1210
State by State #’s http://uscharterschool.org
This information is self-reported from state departments of education, state associations and/or resource centers. These figures are updated periodically as changes are reported. Please check with state-level sources directly to get the most current numbers.
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State Year Law Passed # of Charter Schools # of Students Enrolled
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Alaska
1995 23 4,700
Arizona
1994 464 93,213
Arkansas
1995 27 4,300
California
1992 618 221,177
Colorado
1993 133 52,242
Connecticut
1996 16 3,573
Delaware
1995 17 7,583
D.C.
1995 83 19,733
Florida
1996 356 98,000
Georgia
1993 62 28,840
Hawaii
1994 27 5,812
Idaho
1998 28 9,578
Illinois
1996 42 16,898
Indiana
2001 40 9,028
Iowa
2002 10 2,686
Kansas
1994 27 1,610
Louisiana
1995 66 25,000
Maryland
2003 23 5,000
Massachusetts
1993 61 25,034
Michigan
1993 229 91,567
Minnesota
1991 131 23,828
Mississippi
1997 1 374
Missouri
1998 22 10,342
Nevada
1997 17 5,850
New Hampshire
1995 83 324
New Jersey
1996 53 15,557
New Mexico
1993 62 11,361
New York
1998 94 25,736
North Carolina
1996 93 27,364
Ohio
1997 315 76,967
Oklahoma
1999 15 4,649
Oregon
1999 87 12,000
Pennsylvania
1997 119 59,976
Puerto Rico
NA NA NA
Rhode Island
1995 11 2,812
South Carolina
1996 31 5,423
Tennessee
2002 12 2,600
Texas
1995 207 70,861
Utah
1998 51 19,290
Virginia
1998 3 1,440
Wisconsin
1993 190 29,751
Wyoming
1995 3 238
Total 3952 1132317
State Laws
Since 1991, 40 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have signed into law charter school legislation ( AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY).
States in which a charter school law has NOT been passed include: AL, KY, ME, MT, ND, NE, SD, VT, WA, and WV.
Appendix C: Support Organizations for Charter Schools
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