Japanese Workers’ Co-operative Union & Recovery Challenges of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake

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Sendai   Sendai is the largest city in eastern Japan about 2-hours by Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo central station.  A lot of the recovery efforts from the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, as it is called here, and the tsunami are centered here along with the recovery office of the Japanese Workers’ Co-operative Union (JWCU).  Sendai …

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Charter Schools Continue to Resist Accountability and Transparency

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New Orleans    New Orleans is widely considered the vanguard of the charter school movement.  Since the usurpation of the school system by the state in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, charter schools of all shapes, sizes, and varieties have been the norm.  It’s hard to tell in most ways how this grand experiment is working …

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