Thursday, April 24, 2014

False advertising and Concept Schools



This coming fall, Concept Schools will be adding two more charter schools to its collection. Both are in Chicago and come courtesy of the Chicago school board members who voted to approve the two proposals in January.

The promotional brochure designed to attract student enrollment states: “Concept serves 12,000 students in 30 high-performing charter schools across the Midwest, including 3 schools in Chicago.” (1.0 MB pdf) But Concept Schools is intentionally  misleading Chicago’s parents.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Gulen Movement 101: Session Two



Navigating the webinar
  • 00:00 – 18:27 min.:  Recap from Session One (overview of Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen Movement, overview of the GM's US activities)
  • 18:28 – 37:10 min.: Concept Schools history, founders, etc.
  • 37:11 – 1:00:45 min: The specific theology of the Gulen Movement (presented by Tim Furman)
  • 1:00:46 – 1:24:40 (end): Local GM-associated organizations, Concept Schools leadership patterns, etc.