Category: Charter Schools
Why Did Oakland Decide to Shut Down Popular Community Schools?
The Oakland, California, school district touts itself as the nation’s first full-service community...
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Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by a For-Profit Company
It didn’t take long for Tasha Stiles to realize there was something very wrong with the school...
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Jeff Bryant and Velislava Hillman in The Progressive: How Big Businesses Are Colonizing the Classroom
“It’s going to be great,” Houston entrepreneur Jim McIngvale told a reporter about the charter...
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For-Profit Charter Schools Provide an Entryway for Private Investors to Exploit Public Education
Charter school industry lobbyists, who appear to have lost a fight in the U.S. House of...
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Industry Lobbying Firm Rushes to Defend Charter Schools That Think of Children as a Business
The top lobbying group for the charter school industry is rushing to preserve millions in funds...
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The Right Wing Is Pumping Out Critical Race Theory Attacks to Boost its Propaganda War on Public Education
“No one deserves the school I went to,” says Celia Gottlieb. Gottlieb is currently enrolled...
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Why Are Federal Funds Flowing to “White Flight” Privatized Charter Schools and Contributing to the Re-segregation of Education?
In June 2018, when the North Carolina state legislature enacted a law that allowed four affluent,...
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Here’s the Truth Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Critical Race Theory
When North Carolina public school teacher Justin Parmenter penned an opinion piece for the...
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How the Federal Government’s Charter School Program Went Wrong
From the outset, charter schools were somewhat of a blind man’s elephant—people saw in them...
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Florina Rodov: Charter Schools Should Get Zero Federal Dollars
The U.S. Department of Education’s Charter School Program (CSP) wasted more than a billion dollars...
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Florina Rodov: I Believed the Charter School Myth—Until I Learned About the Reality and Who Was Behind It
I fell for the charter school hype. I agreed with former President Obama’s education...
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For-Profit Charter Schools Gone Wild—Proof That Greed and Education Don’t Mix
A new report by the Network for Public Education (NPE) explains why charter schools are often...
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