Grassroots Education Network- April 2024 Newsletter
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.
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NPE Mourns the Loss of Jeannie Oakes, a Warrior for Equitable Schools
Jeannie never fell for the fashionable neo-liberal reforms. She opposed high-stakes testing. She fought for community schools. Over coffee, she once told NPE Executive Director Carol Burris, “Of course, privatizing public education is about making a profit. It's not about children. That is what capitalism does—it constantly seeks new markets.”
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How a Florida principal with a controversial history became a SC charter school kingpin
NPE Executive Director Carol Burris provides feedback to Flynn and Turcotte in this article.