Failed coup attempt level nearly 200 people dead. The turkish president erdogan is demanding that the u. S. Arrest Fethullah Gulen. He denying any involvement. This, as Turkey Closed the airspace around the air base that launches antiisis operations from that site. Nearly 3,000 military personnel have been detained. For more on the situation in turkey, heres cnns ian lee. [ shouting ] reporter a bloody 24 hours of chaos and bloodshed in turkey. It started with elements of the military declared it had taken control of the country and imposed martial law. Turkish president erdogan appealed to supporters to take to the streets and fight for democracy. They heeded that call. Soels media showed protesters squaring off against tanks and armored vehicles. Turkish forces loyal to erdogan crushed the coup, but not before ice lated, heavy fighting. Gun fire reported at this president ial complex in ankara, and helicopters opened fire at the national the intelligence headquarters. The coups soldi
The Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners approved a new partnership with two local charter school operators to provide virtual learning options in 2021-22 and beyond.
louisiana legislature turned over most of the city s schools to charter school operators kicking off the largest scale experiment in u.s. history. today nearly 100% of public schools are charters. it has been called one of, quote, the most radical education overhauls in the country. joining me now is sarah carr, author of hope against hope that tells the story of new orleans schools and john white, superintendent of education for the state of louisiana. so a lot of folks visiting the city over the past few days have been focused in on the schools as kind of the emblem of success, but i hear from other people that is not an appropriate way to be thinking about what s going on in the schools. well, i don t think you have to have it one way or the other. melissa, you can tell the story about pride and what s happened to date and humility about how much further there is to go. i think president obama said it very we ll this week when he said there s been real progress
enormous push-pack from the and beyonds and others. the unions like a monopoly operated system it works well for the adults. guaranteed client base. on the other hand in harlem, nobody can take those kids for granted any more. parents have choice. paul: some of those charter school operators have been trying to move to the westside of manhattan and they are aren ting into resistance. not withstanding the positive result results they got in harlem. predictably so. people who have monopolys and a guaranteed client base don t like competition. the parents on the side are demanding this school be opened. they are lining up to get in it. there s probably going to be 100, 120 kids admitted and you will have 1200 the first year. parents are going to vote with their feet. this story has got to change because parents are not going to tolerate the results that is not going to change without
so that the concentration there and that s why you ve got the enormous push back from the unions and others. the unions like a monopoly operated school system, it works well for the adults, guaranteed client base whether you re good, bad or the other. in harlem nobody can take those kids for granted anymore. parents have choice. some of the harlem, charter school operators tried to run into the west side of manhattan and running into enormous resistance notwithstanding the progress they had in harlem. people who have monopolies and a guaranteed client base don t like competition. the parents on the west side are demanding that this school be open and they re lining up to get in it probably 100, 120 kids admitted and you ll have 5, 6,000 in the first year and parents vote this story has to change because the parents are not going to tolerate the results,