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Charter Schools, Some With Billionaire Benefactors, Tap Coronavirus Relief
The New York Times picked up a story we've been tracking - PPP loans, meant to help small businesses survive, going to publicly funded charter schools.
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Charter Schools Eye Coronavirus Relief Aimed at Small Businesses
In this EdWeek article Carol Burris comments on charter schools applying for federal tax dollars set aside for small businesses hard hit by the coronavirus.
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Tell Congress Charters Should Not Line Their Pockets During the COVID Crisis
Publicly funded charter schools should not be eligible for funds to save small businesses. They are still amply funded by taxpayers.
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H.R. 5984, The Charter Oversight, Accountability, and Transparency (COAT) Act
Here you'll find the full text and the summary of the COAT Act, as well as the list of cosponsors for Rep. Rashida Tlaib's much needed legislation.
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Rep. Mark Pocan Questions Betsy DeVos on the Charter Schools Program
Watch as Rep. Mark Pocan questions Sec. Betsy DeVos about the NPE reports that exposed the fraud and waste in the federal Charter Schools Program.
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Still Asleep at the Wheel
How the Federal Charter Schools Program Creates a Pileup of Fraud of Waste
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How big a mess is Pennsylvania’s charter school sector? This big.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf horrified the charter school lobby with eight words — “the privatization of education in our public schools.”
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The many ways one powerful nonprofit organization and its leader help charter schools
Has the charter movement, amply funded by the federal government, become a web of interconnected vested interests for whom real estate is the central focus?
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Urgent: Tell the Senate to Cut the Charter Program and Fund our Neediest Public Schools Instead
Send your letter and tell the Senate it’s time to investigate the CSP and cut its funding. Let's fund our neediest public schools instead.