Oklahoma: A Sick Joke on the Public
You may recall that the Oklahoma State Board of Education recently voted 4-3 to allow charter schools to share in local tax revenues, over the...
Category : Education Industry
Peter Greene: Is Your Charter School a Public School?
I like this post by Peter Greene a lot because it clears up confusion about what defines a public school. Many people think that charter...
Texas: Senate Education Committee Guts Local Control of Schools
The Texas Senate Education Committee bowed to the wishes of the powerful charter lobby and granted sole power to the State Commissioner (appointed by the...
Florida: League of Women Voters Exposes Voucher Boondoggle As Big Business
The Florida League of Women Voters has long been wary about the state’s rush to privatize public school funding through charters and vouchers. It has...
Oklahoma: State Board, by 4-3, Gives Charter Schools Access to Local Tax Revenues
Over the opposition of Joy Hofmeister, the state superintendent, the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted 4-3 to allow charter schools to have a share...
Florina Rodov: Inside the Charter School Hype and Hoax
Fiorina Rodov wanted to teach, and, as she writes, she believed the glowing claims about charter schools as beacons of hope for the neediest students....
Gary Rubinstein: How to Pretend to Reform Schools
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...
Tom Loveless: Why Common Core Failed
Tom Loveless is an experienced education researcher who taught sixth grade in California. He has long been skeptical of top-down solutions to classroom-level problems. In...
Darcie Cimarusti: K12 Inc. and Charter Lobby Pushes for $$$ in Iowa
Darcie Cimarusti, communications director for the Network for Public Education, reports on the assault on public school funding in Iowa. K12 Inc., the for-profit virtual...
Texas: Legislature Debates Whether to Make It Easier to Open Charter Schools
The charter industry is turning its lobbyists loose in Texas. Despite the large number of charters in the state (more than 800), the lobbyists want...