March 1, 2024 1:01 pm
Published by Marla Kilfoyle
Today the Network for Public Education released a new report, “Public School in America: Measuring Each State’s Commitment to Democratically Governed Schools.” The report seeks to measure the extent of privatization in each state “and whether charter and voucher laws promote or discourage equity, responsibility, transparency, and accountability.”
February 28, 2024 1:50 pm
Published by Marla Kilfoyle
The NPE Grassroots Education Network is a nationwide network of over 195 grassroots organizations that have joined together to preserve, promote, improve, and strengthen our public schools.
February 16, 2024 1:05 pm
Published by Marla Kilfoyle
Her 2010 book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, became a bestseller; it details her shift away from conservative policies and her embrace of our societal commitment to public schools.
February 2, 2024 2:22 pm
Published by Marla Kilfoyle
The NPE Grassroots Education Network is a nationwide network of over 195 grassroots organizations that have joined together to preserve, promote, improve, and strengthen our public schools.
January 29, 2024 2:37 pm
Published by Marla Kilfoyle
For this policy dialogue, we asked Carol Burris and Johann Neem to discuss the past, present, and future of open-enrollment, taxpayer-supported public schools.
January 29, 2024 2:28 pm
Published by Marla Kilfoyle
Research by the Network for Public Education, which argues for-profit entities use online charters to “prey on the most vulnerable students,” indicates learning outcomes are poor compared to charters run by districts. The Network has a mission to strengthen public schools.
January 19, 2024 11:59 am
Published by Marla Kilfoyle
Learn more about the Grassroots Organizations working in Idaho
January 3, 2024 11:41 am
Published by Marla Kilfoyle
The NPE Grassroots Education Network is a nationwide network of over 195 grassroots organizations that have joined together to preserve, promote, improve, and strengthen our public schools.
December 13, 2023 5:50 pm
Published by Marla Kilfoyle
But the prize for the most inventive story to secure a CSP grant may belong to the Cincinnati Classical Academy (CCA), a Hillsdale College member school, for securing a nearly $2 million grant. CCA, which prides itself on teaching virtue, asked for the grant on the basis of its claim that it was closing the achievement gap and serving disadvantaged students, never reporting that only 16 percent of its students are economically disadvantaged and that 2 percent are Black — a starkly different student body from the overwhelmingly disadvantaged and majority-Black Cincinnati Public School students, who, CCA says, it wants to save from poverty.