Another Teacher speaks out.

Great American teachers of the USA!!!

michellerhee · 1 day ago

I worked in a Gulen charter school last year for six weeks. (I didn't know it at the time.) It was very poorly run. Unprepared students, curriculum not being taught completely (as is mandated by state law). They are also very nasty people and they play dirty.

In our rush to privatize public education, we are handing the keys over to radical Islam. Wake up, America!

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/11/23/debbie-schlussel-stands-up-for-persecuted-christian-teachers-%E2%80%93-in-america/?cid=117142

For more information about the Gulen Charter Schools in the USA go to:
http://www.gulencharterschoolsusa.blogspot.com/

Harmony Science Academy- Teacher speaks out........

http://blogs.chron.com/believeitornot/2010/11/church_state_school_texas_char_1.html
Hello I current work at Harmony School. I need the job due to the lack of jobs available right now. However, I am glad that the school is being researched. I have noticed a lot of questionable practice and I wonder how they are legal and definately think they should be investigated. Here are some practices that should be investigated.
-On their website they claim to have a 1/11 teacher/student ratio. At every school I have visited I have noticed about a 1/26 ratio. Nowhere near 1/11. However, some teachers are labeled "teachers" and teach only one period and do other duties the rest of the time. They may have a large teacher pool but they are not working with students this may be how they get around this.
-Also, most of the newly built schools are hastily built and occupied by students before all safety issues are met. Someone should send safety investigators to newly built schools.
-At my school, there are more American teachers than Turkish teachers. However, many of the Turkish teachers do not speak English well enough to teach effectively. I have witnessed many students drop out due to this reason. I think the school should be investigated as to if all the Turkish teachers can pass the test all the American teachers take in order to be able to teach.
-There is a lot of nepotism at the school. Many of the administrator's spouses teach at sister schools. Most of the administrators are Turkish men. There seems to be sexist and nationalist discrimination in many aspects of the school.
-Muslim religion seems to set a lot of school policy. This can be noticed in the dresscode policy and student food policies at some schools.
-They disregard teacher rights by denying them a duty-free lunch and planning period at many schools.
-They are reluctant to hire substitutes instead they pull out teacher's aides from Kindergarten and teachers who should be having a planning period during that time.
-Their websites makes false claims such as the 1/11 ratio and 0% drop-out rate but they have no free speech forum for others to correct their mistakes.
Please investigate these policies!

Letter to Harmony Science Academy Superintendent- Dr. Soner Tarim

Dear Mr. Tarim;
It is common knowledge that Harmony Science Academys and the staff have long solid connections to the Gulen Movement.  You have long denied these long term relationships with Hizmet and Cosmos Foundation, Raindrop Turkish House, the Gulen Institute and Turquoise Council which all have proven inter relations even going back to when you lived in Turkey.  Lets stop playing games. You are even on the Board of the Directors for the Gulen Institute in Houston.  Yet you try to lie about your connections to Gulen. 
We have a proposal for you,
We will gladly pay for you to be deposed in front of a magistrate judge so you can make a declaration about this.  Please come clean and show some of that Turkish Character about telling the TRUTH and TRANSPARENCY.  Then we can all move on to our normal lives, move forward in "Harmony" instead of the lies and deception.   How about it Soner?  Up for the Truth and that deposition?  We will pay for it.

P.S. We noticed that Cosmos Foundation is recruiting Legal Counsel from Turkey.  If you have to work so hard to deny your obvious and proven affliations with Fethullah Gulen then perhaps you are ashamed of this?

How about it Soner?  Lets depose you....then we can move on

Looked for your State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) at TEA (first name Soner, last name: Tarim) but there is none listed.  Under which name did you earn your SBEC superintendent certificate?  Oh that is right, since you are part of Hizmet you are "special" and entitled to whatever you want in America.



Harmony Science Academy an Islamic school funded by public money



Harmony Science Academy rehearses for theTurkish Olympiad



Harmony Science Academy in Turkish costumes meet Ambassador from Turkey

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/110222464.html

One of every five Texas charter schools has religious ties

By Amy Hetzner of the Journal Sentinel

Nov. 23, 2010 |(5) Comments

The same day that the West Bend School Board voted against entering contract negotiations with a Baptist pastor to run a publicly funded charter school, The Dallas Morning News ran a story focusing on the large number of charter schools in Texas that used to be parochial schools or had other religious ties.

In addition to noting that more than 20% of Texas charter schools have some kind of religious ties, the story says that such church-charter partnerships are popping up around the country and blurring the lines between church and state.

"You have to wonder what the impetus is," Dan Quinn, a spokesman for Texas Freedom Network, is quoted as saying in the story. "What is the catalyst for becoming a charter because at that point they've abandoned the mission of being a religious institution?"

The story also points out some non-Christian examples, including Harmony Public Schools run by Turkish Muslims and Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy run by Islam Relief.

The pastor who proposed the charter school for West Bend has said that his church would not play a role in the school and that it would abide by laws that forbid religious teachings in public schools. But West Bend School District officials and others raised concerns about the school's curriculum and funding model.

Harmony Science Academy awards bids to build schools to Turkish contractors.

READ MORE AT PEYTON WOLCOTT'S REPORT AT: http://peytonwolcott.com/Charters_Cosmos.html

UN AMERICAN STEALING AMERICAN MONEY

How are contractors chosen for your schools?  Are contracts put out for open bid?  Why this question comes up:
On the most  currently available IRS Public Charity form 990 posted for Cosmos Foundation, the contractor with
the largest compensation from HPS--Atlas Texas Construction & Trading, Inc., with almost three times the earnings of all other major listed HPS contractors ($6,709,375)-- has direct ties to Turkey; wondering what other 
qualifications they brought that earned them such a large contract. The second one listed on the HPS IRS form 990, North American Construction [sic], appears to have no presence at the Texas Comptroller as regards franchise tax responsibilities--even when the third name is "Constuctions"; however therre is an assumed named for NACCO but no Comptroller presence, although thre is one for "NACCO HOMES, INC.," which could perhaps be "North American Construction.,") and is owned by Mohammed Mujeebullah.  I am unable to find much on any of these three and here again I am wondering the criteria for awarding a $1.2 million contract to "North American Consturction Co.,The penultimate name on the contractor list is "EGE Construction LLC" which is owned by
Osman Ozkan; again not able to find much in the way of records for this business.   Anyways.....the Turkish contractors Tuzuk a portion of their proceeds from the contract jobs BACK to the schools or other Gulen groups. 

Mapping the Gulen Movement, admission of Gulen Charter schools in Texas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmldzfD884

At 11:50 Dr. Ebaugh talks about the Gulen Charter schools in Texas. 
Why did the guy at the table get nervous?

http://www.gulencharterschoolsUSA.blogspot.com

FOR MORE ON BABA GULEN'S USA SCHOOLS GO TO:
http://www.gulencharterschoolsusa.blogspot.com/