By Yaël Ossowski / April 21, 2015 / Watchdog.org The charter school community in North Carolina is rising up against a study put together by Duke University scholars that argues charter school segregation is giving…
Date Archives 2015
Duke researchers use race to attack charter schools
By Yaël Ossowski / April 21, 2015 / Watchdog.org There’s a puzzling charge being lobbed at charter schools in North Carolina by academic researchers: they’re reintroducing segregation. That’s the racially tinged analysis provided by researchers…
New Orleans charter schools bring fresh air to devastated city
By Yaël Ossowski / April 16, 2015 / Watchdog.org After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans charter schools are giving students more hope for academic success than their peers, the latest studies reveal. A…
2015 European Students For Liberty Conference
After over a year of hard work, the 2015 European Students For Liberty Conference finally came together at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany on April 10-12. There were over 500 participants from over 40 countries,…
Students flocking to Atlanta charter schools brings funding boost
By Yaël Ossowski / April 10, 2015 / Watchdog.org More students than ever are opting for Atlanta charter schools, and they’re about to get a bigger piece of the financial pie. In the 2016 budget…
Seizer-in-chief: Obama sets eyes on cyber hackers’ goods
THE PUNISHER: President Obama signed an executive order declaring hacking a “national emergency” and offers sanctions to seize their property and effects By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org If cyber hackers are aiming their malicious code…
Conservatives push guest worker program to halt illegal immigration
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org An easy way to fix the convoluted immigration system in the United States entails making it easier for foreigners to be hired, without a lot of red tape in their…
Don’t act like that: TSA defends screening program amid lawsuits, won’t release documents
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org The Transportation Security Administration is defending its controversial “behavior detection program” against a torrent of criticism by civil libertarians and a fresh lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union. “The…
The Difference between Expats and Immigrants? It’s Passports, Not Race
Immigration Restrictions Create Distinctions, Not Skin Color Yaël Ossowski | March 26, 2015 | PanAm Post Is classifying white westerners as “expats” and others as “immigrants” when they live outside their home countries racist? That’s…
Can the FCC be trusted with its net neutrality regulations?
By Yaël Ossowski / March 24, 2015 / Watchdog.org Much of the debate on the net neutrality regulations — now a reality — hinged on the FCC’s role in enforcing the rules. But after all…