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Democracy, shared prosperity, and the common good
In the Public Interest is a comprehensive research and policy center on privatization and responsible contracting.
In the Public Interest
Democracy, shared prosperity, and the common good
In the Public Interest is a comprehensive research and policy center on privatization and responsible contracting.
Weekly privatization report: Bay Area P3 is failing | Alabama looking to private prisons | and more
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide, in order by sector. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Results from California’s Presidio [...]
April 2019
California School Accountability Report: Prop 39 fight in Carson | Can Gavin Newsom break the [...]
Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. Prop 39 fight in Carson.A plan to locate a charter school in the same space as [...]
April 2019
Weekly privatization report: Charter special ed failure in Louisiana | Water corporation takes big [...]
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide, in order by sector. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Louisiana officials are recommending to [...]
April 2019
Weekly privatization report: Skirt rule slashed at NC charter school | Private prison exec [...]
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide, in order by sector. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS A North Carolina charter school’s [...]
April 2019
California School Accountability Report: Sign this petition to hold charter schools accountable
Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. Sign this petition to hold charter schools accountable. Educators for [...]
March 2019
Weekly privatization report: Public education attacked in Florida | Indianapolis leaves private prison behind | and more
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide, in order by sector. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Florida Republicans have introduced two bills [...]
March 2019
Weekly privatization report: From immigrant detention to charter schools | What privatization [...]
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide, in order by sector. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS A nonprofit that’s been awarded almost [...]
March 2019
Weekly privatization report: JPMorgan Chase finally divests | Atlanta fights “portfolio [...]
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide, in order by sector. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS JPMorgan Chase has yielded to pressure [...]
March 2019
Calls for a charter school moratorium in California are growing louder
Across California, education leaders, teachers, and parents are realizing that the state’s nearly three-decade-old charter school law needs to be updated. In January, the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to [...]
March 2019
D.C.’s charter school transparency policies fall short of nationwide state-level standards
In the wake of unexpected news that a prominent charter school is closing at the end of the school year, Washington, D.C.’s public education community is actively debating the issue of transparency. Many [...]
March 2019
Weekly privatization report: Big St. Louis airport vote | Private prison lobbying ramps up | and [...]
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide, in order by sector. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Tomorrow’s vote for president of the St. [...]
March 2019
California School Accountability Report: Calls for charter moratorium grow | The real story in [...]
Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. Calls for charter moratorium grow.This week, the West Contra Costa Unified [...]
March 2019
Weekly privatization report: Oakland teachers still striking | Private prison corps see gold | and [...]
Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide, in order by sector. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Oakland teachers went out on strike [...]
February 2019
Former San Diego charter school parent says daughter experienced “neglect and false [...]
I want to share a parent’s note that reminded me why In the Public Interest focuses on public education. Deb Zehr is the mother of nine-year-old Suraya, who recently left a San Diego charter school to attend a traditional, [...]
February 2019