Bill Gates' Charter School Movement and Gulen Charter Schools in the USA
Public Charter School Funds Under Scrutiny
November 23, 2010
NBC - "Concept Schools" runs 25 schools in five different states, serving 7,000 students. In Columbus, the schools are known as Horizon Science Academies. Horizon's High School is ranked Excellent on its latest state report card. Horizon Middle School is rated in Continuous Improvement and Horizon Elementary is in Academic Watch.
Two NBC 4 viewers contacted the station, asking us to look into allegations that Ohio taxpayer money was being used to recruit teachers overseas, specifically Turkey.
The Ohio Federation of Teachers showed NBC 4 a lease for a Horizon School in Dayton, whose landlord has a Turkish mailing address. The President of the Ohio Federation of Teachers wants to know if the rent money is actually going to Turkey. She also wants to know why Turkish teachers are employed by Horizon.
"At a time of high unemployment in Ohio, when teachers have been laid off, teachers coming out of college can't find jobs. Why would we be importing teachers and administrators from Turkey when Ohioans don't have jobs?" questioned Sue Taylor, President of the Ohio Federation of Teachers.The Ohio Coalition for Quality Education doesn't think there should be restrictions on where teachers come from or where public charter schools are located.
"They do recruit some of their teachers from Turkey because they have, frankly, high quality teachers in Math and Science in Turkey," said Ron Adler, President and Founder.About 10% of teachers who work for Concept Schools are international. The Vice President says taxpayer money is not used to recruit teachers overseas.
"That does not make it a Turkish school, nor an Islamic school. These are public schools serving students who need those services the most," said Salim Ucan.He said Concept Schools are some of the highest-performing schools in the country.
"I've monitored and provided technical assistance to Concept Schools since 1998 and I can say without hesitation that these schools are of the highest quality, hardworking, and they achieve wonderful results with their students. They are an exceptionally good investment of our public dollars," said Patricia Hughes, Director of the Community School division for Buckeye Hope Foundation, one of Horizon's sponsors in Ohio.Concept Schools is based in Chicago. The Ohio Attorney General's Office has no record of complaints against the company or Horizon Science Academies.
Gulen Charter Schools in the USA
Gulen Charter Schools in the USA - a parody look at a worldwide movement to dominate education. Read what is happening in Gulen's USA schools, as well as worldwide. Share our ride exploring the goon Gulen's antics.December 1, 2010
gulencharterschoolsusa.blogspot - Gulen Charter Schools continue to bring in FOREIGN teachers on H1-b Visas while American teachers are laid off.
Across the USA, good American teachers continued to be laid off, while the Gulen Charter schools expand and immigrate unlicensed teachers to the USA under h1-b Visas. This is the un-American bigot actions of the Gulen Charter Schools. The teachers tend to be male and from the Turkey/Turkic speaking countries; they also treat the women, especially American women, like garbage. Their sexist and bigot attitudes as well as LOUSY teaching are some small examples of why they need to go home.
Why is it that the foreign Gulen Movement, which manages over 150 Charter schools in the USA, continues to falsely obtain h1-b work visas for un qualified teachers from Turkey / Turkic speaking countries? They are claiming they cannot find math, science, computer and English teachers in the USA. These schools have recently been busted in Ohio for hiring foreigners via the Concept Schools.
In the Los Angeles County, the Gulen Schools are called Magnolia Science Academy. Read the h1-b Visa report here.
In fact, did you know that the Cosmos Foundation part of the Gulen Movement has immigrated more foreign teachers in than the largest school district in the USA (of course that would be LAUSD). That number for Cosmos Foundation alone is over 1,100 h1-b visas since 2001.
And Cosmos Foundation is only ONE of the Gulen Movement’s NGOs that are doing this.
Who is allowing this? Who is dismantling the American Education System so followers of Islamic Imam Fethullah Gulen can teach our children?
Not only visas for teachers, but now they are getting h1-b visas for finance managers, business managers and legal counsel (as if America doesn’t have thousands of qualified people for these jobs).
If you are a proud American teacher and have been laid off, do what the teachers in Chicago and Ohio have done…………………………fight back against the Gulen Movement overtaking America’s education.
http://magnoliascienceacademy.blogspot.com
http://charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com
http://www.gulencharterschoolsUSA.blogspot.com
http://www.charterschoolwatchdog.com
http://harmonyparenttruth.blogspot.com/
http://horizonparentstruth.blogspot.com/
Thanks for educating America about these Gulen Schools. Remember the big picture and who or whom that is allowing this. Americans take back your schools, do not depend on politicians to protect you or do the right thing.
ReplyDeleteThe re indoctrination of Islam to the softer side of Sufism is a strategy of the CIA. We have allowed this knucklehead Gulen (5th grade education) to open 9 Turkish schools in Afghanistan and about 5 in Iraq.
2 weeks ago, it was announced that there is an agreement between Turkey and Lebanon to open 50 Turkish schools and a few Hospitals. No surprise since Lebanon a once predomient Christian country is being flooded with Hezbollah.
No one would care if these 150 Gulen Charter Schools were "private" the problem is they have taken upwards of $1 billion in the last 10 years from the American Tax payer. And all we get is American kids singing in Turkish and learning Turkish Folkdancing. What a joke.
Thanks for the tip on this story. Until your comment about this in my other post (Bill Gates and Education), I hadn't heard anything about this. I'll keep my eyes open for more on this. And please keep posting your comments to keep us up to date.
ReplyDeleteWhere does Ron Adler get the idea that Turkish Schools and teachers are superior to the USA in Math and Science? Because the schools tell him so?
ReplyDeleteNothing could be farther from the truth. Cheating and scandals are rampant in Turkish schools and the new Minister of higher education Mr. Ozcun is also a Gulen follower.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkeys-exam-system-is-at-stake-with-new-scandals-2010-09-06
P.S. MagicLougie et al, here is a list of the Gulen Charter Schools in the USA. Check your state, chances are they have one in YOUR neighborhood. Your best defense is educating parents so they pull their kids out. These schools are potential targets for terrorism as in SE Turkey the PKK has already attacked Gulen Schools. Is this a risk you want to take?
ReplyDeletehttp://charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com/p/list-of-us-gulen-schools.html
i teach in ohio and this concept schools aka horizon schools has applied for a $93 million bond, for a leaky roof and other questionable expenses. people in ohio have longed scratch their head about these schools and some parents have a new blog.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.horizonparentstruth.blogspot.com