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Bloomberg, Who Championed School Choice as NYC Mayor, Announces $750M Effort to Grow Charter Sector in 20 U.S. Cities
“I am deeply disappointed that Mr. Bloomberg would take the tragedy of COVID and use it as an excuse to undermine public schools.”
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POINT: Put students before profits
Carol Burris & Nina Rees wrote point/counterpoint pieces on whether charters run for profit should receive federal funds. Read Carol's here.
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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual
Carol Burris is quoted and NPE's 'Chartered for Profit' report is referenced in this Hechinger Report piece.
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Charter schools are publicly funded — but there’s big money in selling them
In Carol's latest for the Answer Sheet she reveals the shocking details of the sale of 69 campuses of a national for-profit charter chain.
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Elites Profit From “Nonprofit” Charter Schools: An Interview with Carol Burris
Carol was interviewed by Jacobin about the House Appropriations Committee blocking charters run for profit from receiving federal funds.
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Why Are Federal Funds Flowing to “White Flight” Privatized Charter Schools and Contributing to the Re-segregation of Education?
Jeff Bryant writes about CSP subgrant funds that went to charters in affluent, majority-white suburbs that seceded Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
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Is the Charter Schools Program financing white-flight academies?
NPE's latest investigation of the Charter Schools Program (CSP) does a deep dive into the North Carolina charters that received subgrants.
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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.