Gulen's American Empire
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Gulen Charter school fans massage numbers
Charter school fans massage numbers: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial page — reflecting its publisher Walter Hussman's devotion to the Billionaire Boys Club effort to wreck the Little Rock School District by encouraging establishment of as many charter schools as possible and forsaking efforts to improve the existing public school districts in Pulaski County — naturally emphasizes the positive when it comes to charter schools.
Gulen Charter Schools are DENIED in Tennessee as Movement uses puppet ex-Mayor Herenton
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| Willie Herenton ex Mayor of Memphis who left in a cloud of controversy is now a PAID puppet of the Gulen Movement. How much money did he receive? Why is Texas money crossing into Tenn, AR, and OK? |
Willie Herenton's bid for nine charter schools was turned down by the joint school board this week but the former mayor and school superintendent says he will resubmit his application in November.
"I think the review process is a healthy one," he said. "It forced our team to be more specific in terms of our mission and instructional programs and curriculum design, which are all essential ingredients in quality schools. Overall, I feel that it is a fair process."
Herenton is in the odd position of being an applicant getting "needs improvement" marks after 30 years in executive positions that generally put him on the other end of the process. All of the board members are familiar with his career, and many of them have had personal experience dealing with him. Add to that, there may be some reluctance on the part of the school board to expand charter schools along with other "escape hatches" while the merger is in the works.
In conjunction with Harmony Public Schools in Texas and the Cosmos Foundation, Herenton has applied to run seven charter schools in the city of Memphis in 2012-2013 and two more in the county in 2013-2014.
"At this point the county is crowded and does not have excess space," he said. "In 2013 when the systems are merged there should be ample space."
That remains to be seen. It is unclear how the merger will play out and how much shuffling of student populations there will be. Ultimately, that will depend partly on policy and partly — probably moreso — on how parents vote with their feet. There is already surplus space in city schools, and three elementary schools are being targeted for closure due to low enrollment and the condition of the buildings. While not wishing to appear critical of the pace of closure, Herenton noted that he closed 15 schools early in his career as superintendent.
In an interview, Herenton seemed upbeat and eager to continue the process.
"I may not be the best application writer but I know how to run good schools and get good results," he said.
He agreed that his intial application should have been more specific.
"Their application process is highly technical," he said. "They place a lot of value on format whereas I place value on substance of how you are going to improve academic achievement in the midst of poverty. We commenced putting our team together on the same night as the school board meeting. When we picked up the evaluation, we went to work that night with assistance from my strategic partner, Harmony Schools."
The merger is going forward on two tracks. While the merged school board addresses charter school applications and other nuts-and-bolts matters, the separate transition team is doing research on other cities and taking a big-picture approach. The transition team meets Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
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Sounds like he fits right in with the Gulen Movement and their organized crime.
On March 20, 2008, Herenton announced that he would be stepping down from his position as Memphis' mayor, effective July 31, 2008. This move angered many politicians in the city including Councilwoman Carol Chumney, a candidate he beat for mayor of Memphis in October 2007. He made this announcement just a little over 90 days after his re-election. Herenton stated his early departure from the mayor's office was to seek the position of superintendent of Memphis City Schools, dispelling speculation that he was stepping down because of a run for Congress or impending legal troubles from an ongoing criminal investigation at City Hall. He later stated that he would not leave the office of mayor unless he got the position as the superintendent of schools. Herenton went on to state that he ran for re-election only in order to protect the city of Memphis from the other main candidates, Herman Morris and Councilwoman Carol Chumney. When the day came, Herenton failed to step down as Mayor and said he would serve out his term until 2011. In April 2009, however, Herenton formed an exploratory committee to run in the 2010 US Congressional Election for the 9th District of Tennessee, presumably in the Democratic primary against incumbent Steve Cohen. On June 25, 2009, Herenton announced his resignation as Mayor, effective July 10. On July 6, he announced that he would delay his retirement until July 30.He resigned from office on July 30, 2009. Memphis City Council Chairman Myron Lowery was appointed as mayor pro tempore, with a special election to be held on October 15. The law states that such an election must be held within 90 days of the resignation. On August 13, 2009, Herenton pulled a petition to run for the Mayoral office from which he had resigned only two weeks prior, raising questions of a possible lawsuit against the former Mayor for the more than $1 million in City funds needed for the October 15 special election.[
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Gulen Charter Schools- 2nd Grader forced to scrub toilets at Harmony Science Academy
A news article that hit the print and news stations about Harmony Science Academy.
The question is: Where is that Turkish ran janitorial business that is suppose to have the contracts for cleaning the schools?
by Jeremy Desel / KHOU 11 News
khou.com
Posted on October 5, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Monica Lane said her daughter, Meagan, a fourth grade student at the school, was punished to Saturday school for getting five tardies. However, Lane said Meagan did not get not extra time in the classroom, but got time in the restroom.
"Yeah it was gross," said Meagan Dunn.
She was not alone, her mother said.
"Kids, as young as second grade, were scrubbing the toilets on Saturday," Lane said. "The baseboards and walls, and the door handles and the floors."
Meagan said the cleaning duties were done using just a disinfectant wipe and no gloves.
Administrators at the Harmony Science Academy issued a statement on the matter saying:
"Never under any circumstances is any student required or expected to clean the restrooms at any of our facilities."
The school said it encourages students to do chores to help them to care for their community. The school admitted that students did clean restrooms, but said it was just an inappropriate joke from a teacher taken literally by some students.
"How would you feel as a parent if your child was made to scrub the toilet without any kind of gloves, without any parent knowledge," Lane asked.
Beside the obvious cleanliness issues, Meagan’s parents wondered about the lost educational opportunity.
“That could have been a time for tutoring or going over some of the class work or something like that," said Lane.
Monica Lane said her daughter, Meagan, a fourth grade student at the school, was punished to Saturday school for getting five tardies. However, Lane said Meagan did not get not extra time in the classroom, but got time in the restroom.
"Yeah it was gross," said Meagan Dunn.
She was not alone, her mother said.
"Kids, as young as second grade, were scrubbing the toilets on Saturday," Lane said. "The baseboards and walls, and the door handles and the floors."
Meagan said the cleaning duties were done using just a disinfectant wipe and no gloves.
Administrators at the Harmony Science Academy issued a statement on the matter saying:
"Never under any circumstances is any student required or expected to clean the restrooms at any of our facilities."
The school said it encourages students to do chores to help them to care for their community. The school admitted that students did clean restrooms, but said it was just an inappropriate joke from a teacher taken literally by some students.
"How would you feel as a parent if your child was made to scrub the toilet without any kind of gloves, without any parent knowledge," Lane asked.
Beside the obvious cleanliness issues, Meagan’s parents wondered about the lost educational opportunity.
“That could have been a time for tutoring or going over some of the class work or something like that," said Lane.
HOUSTON -- Parents of some students at the Harmony Science Academy Charter School in Northwest Harris County say their children were forced to clean restrooms as punishment.
Monica Lane said her daughter, Meagan, a fourth grade student at the school, was punished to Saturday school for getting five tardies. However, Lane said Meagan did not get not extra time in the classroom, but got time in the restroom.
"Yeah it was gross," said Meagan Dunn.
She was not alone, her mother said.
"Kids, as young as second grade, were scrubbing the toilets on Saturday," Lane said. "The baseboards and walls, and the door handles and the floors."
Meagan said the cleaning duties were done using just a disinfectant wipe and no gloves.
Administrators at the Harmony Science Academy issued a statement on the matter saying:
"Never under any circumstances is any student required or expected to clean the restrooms at any of our facilities."
The school said it encourages students to do chores to help them to care for their community. The school admitted that students did clean restrooms, but said it was just an inappropriate joke from a teacher taken literally by some students.
"How would you feel as a parent if your child was made to scrub the toilet without any kind of gloves, without any parent knowledge," Lane asked.
Beside the obvious cleanliness issues, Meagan's parents wondered about the lost educational opportunity.
Updated Thursday, Oct 6 at 9:47 AM
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Gulen Politicians - aka "Useful tools of Gulen": Gulen Movement NOW admits they are a political mov...
Gulen Politicians - aka "Useful tools of Gulen": Gulen Movement NOW admits they are a political mov...: Various Turkish Political cartoons, so many as Turkish Politics is the joke of the world. No wait................... Now the Gulen Move...
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Proposed Gulen Charter Schools in SC and AR application DENIED
Here is the SC Gulen Charter School Application DENIAL
By Liz Segrist lsegrist@scbiznews.com
Published Aug. 23, 2011
A public charter school that would focus on renewable energy and resources did not receive approval to come to Greenville.
The S.C. Charter School Advisory Committee did not approve the application for the K-12 Greenville Renewable Energy, or GREEN, Charter School. The Greenville County School District will not vote on it this month as planned.
This would have been the first energy-based school in the state with focus on finding alternatives to oil. It was set to open in the 2012-2013 school year.
Previous coverage New charter school would focus on renewable energies |
Project Director Akif Aydin, the co-founder of the River City Science Academy in Jacksonville, Fla., applied for the school. The applicants can appeal the committee’s decision to the Administrative Law Court.
Aydin said he is disappointed that the school did not receive approval, but the school's committee is working on the proposal to change the original application according to the state committee's comments.
“We still hope to open the school by next year and we think the changes will be enough when we reapply,” Aydin said.
The Charter School Advisory Committee said the application did not comply with standards for charter schools required under the Charter Schools Act, according to the committee’s letter. It needed to explain the student-teacher ratio; the curriculum; measurable goals; academic standards for each grade levels; a grading scale; a transportation plan and budget; an equipment use description; a parental and community involvement description; a district discipline policy; and an economically sound budget plan.
The application also needs to be consistent that teachers are science certified and remove language about admitting out-of-district students.
Aydin originally wanted the school to focus on math and science until discussions with Imtiaz Haque of the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research brought energy policies to the table. They created the idea of a hybrid charter school based on renewable energy.
Aydin and Haque said the study of renewable resources should begin early on in school to create an educated workforce of the future. The school would have the fundamental core teachings like any other, but the curriculum would incorporate renewable energy for each class.
“There is a need in South Carolina and in Greenville for renewable energy and the future will be depending on how we make it,” Aydin said in May after sending in the application.
NOW FOR THE DENIAL OF THE ARKANSAS GULEN CHARTER SCHOOL
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2009/nov/10/state-board-denies-request-dove-school/
SPRINGDALE — A detailed presentation on the Springdale School District’s academic offerings apparently helped convince the Arkansas State Board of Education that a proposed charter school in that city was unnecessary.
During a Monday meeting in Little Rock, the board voted 5-2 to deny a request from the Dove School of Excellence, which operates four charter schools in Oklahoma, to expand into Springdale. The vote followed a detailed presentation on district demographics, test scores and programs by Superintendent Jim Rollins and others.
The vote was one of two against proposed charter schools in Northwest Arkansas. The board also voted 5-2 to deny proposeda Prism Education Center charter school in Fayetteville at 3162 Martin Luther King Blvd.
“I could not be more impressed by a group of state policy makers,” Rollins said. “We observed the state board in action throughout the afternoon. In my view, they just did an outstanding job in each situation.”
Springdale’s argument against the Dove School was it would not offer a service the district does not already provide.
“The Springdale School District has a very comprehensive curriculum program,” Rollins said. “I think the merits of the proposal itself were the basis for the decision.”
Rollins, assistant superintendents Marsha Jones and Don Love and six of the seven Springdale School Board members attended the meeting in person. Jeff Williams was the only board member to not attend.
Dove School Director Kaan Camuz said he didn’t want to comment on the state’s decision.
The proposed location of the school was 901 W. Robinson Ave. The plan had been to open the school in 2010-11 for kindergarten through eighth-graders, then add a grade each year until it offered four years of high school.
State Board members Jim Cooper and Sherry Burrow cast the dissenting votes on both proposals. Board Chairman Naccaman Williams, a Springdale resident, did not vote.
New charter school initiatives are usually opposed by school officials in the district where they are located. Fayetteville also sent representatives to speak against the Prism proposal.
Open enrollment charter schools receive state funding for each student enrolled in their program.
READ ABOUT THE RAPE AT THE GULEN DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY IN TULSA, OK. WHICH CAUSED THE SCHOOLS TO LOSE THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP AND RUN TO LANGSTON UNIVERSITY
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