The likeliest effect of his gift will be to drain resources and students from the public schools still struggling to recover from covid-19.
The board of the Network for Public Education is very happy to welcome Georgina Pérez as a new member,” NPE President Diane Ravitch said.
“The culture war attacks on public schools are just one more front in the war on our neighborhood public schools.
“Michael Bloomberg has always liked charter schools. That is who he is,” Burris said.
“I am deeply disappointed that Mr. Bloomberg would take the tragedy of COVID and use it as an excuse to undermine public schools.”
NPE's Carol Burris and NEPC's Kevin Welner were guests on the Charters and Privatization podcast hosted by The Horace Mann League.
Carol Burris & Nina Rees wrote point/counterpoint pieces on whether charters run for profit should receive federal funds. Read Carol's here.
Carol Burris is quoted and NPE's 'Chartered for Profit' report is referenced in this Hechinger Report piece.
In Carol's latest for the Answer Sheet she reveals the shocking details of the sale of 69 campuses of a national for-profit charter chain.