Category: Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: What’s Behind the State’s Takeover of Houston Schools
On March 15, Texas officials announced plans to take over Houston’s public schools—the largest...
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Sandra Jones: Is the Right Wing ‘Whitewashing’ the History Curriculum Taught in Public Schools?
“People still want to hide the truth about Black history,” Dione Archer, a resident of Richmond,...
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School Choice Nightmare: Families Getting Government Funding to Switch From Public to Private School Put Their Rights at Risk
“I am the type of parent who always made sure my kids had the good teachers and always took the...
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Peter Greene: School Vouchers Have Been a Disaster—Now Advocates Are Trying to Rename Them
Although a sizable number of Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections who were counting...
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Gail Sunderman: Parents Like Their Public Schools, No Matter How Much the Charter School Movement Tells Them Not To
Who would have imagined that after the past two tumultuous years, when so much...
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Sarah Lahm: Why Michigan Public School Parents Might Be Too Strong of a Match for Betsy DeVos and Her Privatization Agenda
Culture war issues dressed as serious K-12 classroom concerns, such as trumped-up battles over...
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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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Jeff Bryant on Salon: ‘The Far Right’s National Plan for Schools: Plant Charters, Defund Public Education’
“In recent years, Hillsdale College, a small private Christian school in Michigan, has...
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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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