School Choice Nebraska

Take a deep dive into propaganda that has been produced by Nebraska Loves Public Schools, the well-funded media arm of the groups who want to keep educational freedom out of Nebraska. We listen to a clip produced by NElovesPS that features UNO adjunct professor Ron Azoulay, who alleges that charter schools tell people what to do. This is rich, coming from an organization whose very name (Nebraska Loves Public Schools) tells people how to feel about K-12 public education in our state.  

In this episode, we'll talk about one of the key differences between large public school districts and public charter schools. In most large public school districts, administrators make "legacy" decisions for tens of thousands of students and thousands of teachers, even though they don't have much interaction with learners. In most public charter schools, teachers have much more freedom and authority to make important decisions, and this can have a big impact on learners since the teachers are the ones who interact with students on a daily basis. Much of the content included in this episode originally appeared in a blog post on July 18, 2015.  Show Notes: You can learn more about DSST, which has expanded to more than a dozen public charter schools in order to meet demand, at their website. If you're interested in watching the interview of DSST's Jake Firman, you can check out the whole clip on YouTube. Here are links to the Lincoln Journal Star articles about middle school electives and the $50 million Chr