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The movement to privatize public schools marches on during coronavirus pandemic
Read Carol's latest for the Answer Sheet about the real reasons behind the school privatization push in state houses across the country.
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Former lobbyist details how privatizers are trying to end public education
Don't miss Carol's interview of Charles Siler, a former Goldwater Institute lobbyist who now fights against the privatization of public ed.
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McKee is right, but he has it backward
In this op-ed Joseph H. Crowley, past president of the RI Association of School Principals, speaks out in favor of a charter moratorium.
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How a soccer club won a $1.2 million grant from DeVos’s Education Department to open a charter school
Don't miss Carol's post for the Answer Sheet about the latest shenanigans out of the federal Charter Schools Program.
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What public education advocates want to see in Biden’s pick to succeed Betsy DeVos
This is a historic moment for federal education policy. Now is the time to reverse two decades of failed federal mandates.
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Charter schools’ unexpected windfall: They got funds from two federal government programs; public schools only got from one
If Congress finally enacts a second relief package, it should treat public schools fairly and not allow charters to double-dip again.
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Going back to school: The good, the bad and the ugly
Carol Burris interviewed 15 teachers, administrators, parents & students about returning to in-person schooling for this Answer Sheet blog.
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Charter schools and their management companies won at least $925 million in federal coronavirus funding, data shows
More than 1,300 charters and their management companies secured between $925 million and $2.2 billion through the PPP.
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Controversy follows receipt of Paycheck Protection Program funds by public charter schools
NPE's Carol Burris provides comment for this piece on PPP loans that were disbursed to North Carolina charter schools.