Luke Fountain exposes how a charter school with Republican political ties and a focus on a “classical” education could circumvent traditional state approvals and open in a few months if OK’d by state lawmakers.
Jeff Bryant's fantastic article in The Progressive Magazine describes how community schools and the “parent empowerment” movement offer conflicting models for what schools should look like.
Beth Luberecki outlines the teacher shortage in Florida and NPE Executive Director Carol Burris provides her opinion on the crisis.
Kiera Butler exposes how classical charter schools push their Christian nationalist worldview.
NPE Executive Director Carol Burris breaks down a new study that shows how charter schools increase segregation.
Those earliest schools paid for with public funds "were not religious schools, although most schools opened with prayers or Bible reading," education historian Diane Ravitch, founder of the Network for Public Education, said via email. "But such activities were incidental, not the purpose of the schools."
NPE Executive Director Carol Burris provides feedback to Flynn and Turcotte in this article.
Krauth noted in her article that NPE has vowed to "take legal action" if HB9 becomes law.
NPE Executive Director Carol Burris is quoted in this article written by Alison Novak. Carol discusses how differently charter schools operate.
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