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The 5 most serious charter school scandals in 2019 — and why they matter
NPE staff decided to review our 2019 collection of charter scandals and identify the five most serious. This piece is the result of that review.
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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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Florida’s charter-school sector is a real mess
One of the primary reasons for the explosive growth and failure of Florida charter schools is that nearly half are run by for-profit CMOs.
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Report Grades States On Student Data Privacy Protection
Peter Greene writes about the NPE/Parent Coalition for Student Privacy State Student Privacy Report Card for Forbes.
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It’s National School Choice Week. What is that? (Possibly not what you think.)
Carol exposes School Choice Week as a public relations campaign designed to remind lawmakers of the financial muscle of its billionaire sponsors.
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Can charter schools be reformed? Should they be?
In this Washington Post Answer Sheet piece Carol Burris asks if the charter sector should continue to grow through government subsidies, even as demand for new charters has waned.
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Group tied to charter school backers spent thousands in Va. school board election
It’s part of a pattern, Burris said, of wealthy donors who support charter schools infusing campaign cash into school board races.
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Why it matters who governs America’s public schools
This post, written by Carol Burris and Diane Ravitch, looks at the issue of governance and why it matters who is in charge.