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My fellow charter operators, lend me your ear!! It is astonishing to me that the more things change, the more they stay the same. In 2000, my partner in life, and in Challenge Charter School, had to prepare a short media piece that detailed her position on education when she ran for the Arizona...
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My fellow charter operators, lend me your ear!! My partner, lover, and bride of 41 years once told reporters (who had come to cover an event at Challenge Charter School) that she “was going to go out of this life kicking and screaming.” One would have hoped we wouldn’t have to still “be kicking...
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My fellow charter operators, lend me your ear!! The most recent poll done by Merrill/Morrison Institute defines how Arizona Voters, yes, “Voters” with a capital V – not just the general public, not just special interest groups (well, maybe voters are defined as a special interest group because only about two-thirds of those eligible...
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My fellow charter operators, lend me your ear!! Have we just eaten the magic mushrooms…or been misled by the mad hatter dropped down the rabbit hole? Because it would seem that we have landed in Wonderland. So many issues and lots of talk, but very few answers yet. We don’t want to rock the...
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My fellow charter operators, lend me your ear!! During this presidential election year, it behooves all of us to understand the definitions of the candidates both nationally and here in the great state of Arizona. Since I am a little older than 18, I thought I could explore the transitional meaning of the words...
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My fellow charter operators, lend me your ear!! The excerpts that appear below are from a column I wrote more than two years ago . Fortunately, the bill I discussed in that column – HB2357 – never passed the Senate. (Maybe some of the senators concurred with my opinion!) But...
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My fellow charter operators, lend me your ear!! I have been writing this column now since 2004. Just when I think that I have run out of things to say, another issue, idea, situation, or incident pops up to save my bacon. Today I want to talk about two of them. But before I...
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Editor’s note: Where in the world is Greg Miller? Is he at an Arizona state board of education meeting? Is he at a school governing board meeting? Is he out crusading on behalf of Arizona’s charter schools? Answer: All of the above…so he asked that we reprint one of his past columns. This column...
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My fellow charter operators, lend me your ear!!   So much “stuff” is in flux! A-F AZ LEARNS ratings; AYP; HQ vs. HE (Highly Effective); ASBCS reviews and renewals. Is ADM holding, going up, going down? Did you hire the right teachers last summer? Are the 45-day screens done? Have you submitted to SAIS...
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