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Jennifer Berkshire: The Bipartisan Coalition Supporting Charter Schools Is Dissolving

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 15, 2021September 16, 2021

September 15, 2021September 16, 20210387

The talented investigative journalist Jennifer Berkshire reports on the changing politics behind charter schools. Democratic support for charters, once led by the Obama administration, is...

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New Hampshire: GOP Plans for Voucher Expansion Before Program Starts

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 7, 2021September 8, 2021

September 7, 2021September 8, 2021013

Ethan DeWitt of the New Hampshire Bulletin and NPR reported on the partisan divide surrounding vouchers. Republicans budgeted for 28 students but expect between 1,000-5,000...

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New Hampshire: Republicans Laud New Voucher Program While Ignoring International Evidence

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 7, 2021September 8, 2021

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Jeanne Diestch, a former Democratic state senator in New Hampshire, recently wrote about the attention showered on the state’s new voucher program by Republican conservatives...

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Maurice Cunningham: Why is the Press Uninterested in the Corporate Invasion of Public Education?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 3, 2021August 4, 2021

August 3, 2021August 4, 2021023

Readers of this blog have followed the advance of privatization of public school funding for nearly a decade. We know the big foundations and individuals...

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The Failure of the Obama-Duncan “School Improvement Grants” and Its Lessons for Today

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 8, 2021July 9, 2021

July 8, 2021July 9, 2021022

A while back, I read a vitriolic article in a rightwing publication that expressed contempt for the public schools and congratulated Betsy DeVos for trying...

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Gary Rubinstein: How to Pretend to Reform Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 26, 2021March 27, 2021

March 26, 2021March 27, 2021054

Gary Rubinstein revisits the past decade of failed reforms and notes how frequently the “reformers” made promises and then failed to keep them. Michelle Rhee...

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New Hampshire: Republicans Move Forward with Largest Voucher Program in Nation

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 20, 2021March 21, 2021

March 20, 2021March 21, 2021034

New Hampshire Republicans are determined to use their new majority in both houses to jam through a generous voucher bill that would offer public money...

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An Interview with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider About ”A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 15, 2021March 16, 2021

March 15, 2021March 16, 2021058

This interview was recorded by Town Hall in Seattle, which is a great venue for speakers but in COVID Times was recorded remotely. I interviewed...

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The Dark Secrets of the Privatization Movement: An Interview with Charles Siler

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 5, 2021March 6, 2021

March 5, 2021March 6, 2021049

Jennifer Berkshire and I interviewed Charles Siler about his inside knowledge of the privatization movement. Jennifer is co-author of the important new book (with Jack...

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My Review of Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire, “A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 25, 2021February 26, 2021

February 25, 2021February 26, 2021060

I reviewed A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door in The New Republic. It is an important book that pulls together all the threads of the...

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