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In the Public Interest

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.

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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.

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Blog Charter Schools Education

Charter schools are opening and failing like start-ups. That can’t be good for kids.

Thousands have been shuttered since the turn of the century. More than 35 percent of those given federal grant money between 2006 and 2014 either never opened or were shut down, costing taxpayers more than half a billion [...]
December 2019
Blog Charter Schools Education

D.C. proposes closing neighborhood school, as charter school backers demand access to public [...]

Our pick of recent news about the privatization of public education in the District and the families, students, and teachers fighting back.
December 2019
Blog Charter Schools Education

Billionaire Eli Broad buys credibility for charter school movement with $100 million gift to Yale [...]

Cashing in on Kids is In the Public Interest‘s pick of recent news about the privatization of public education. Not a subscriber? Sign up. Make sure to like us [...]
December 2019
Blog

Don’t like D.C. public transit? Then support the bus drivers striking to fix it.

You wouldn’t be wrong to blame Transdev for crippling public transportation in Northern Virginia since October. The multinational corporation all but guaranteed a strike by taking every dollar of profit it could out of its [...]
December 2019
Blog Charter Schools Education

California School Accountability Report: San Jose charter to close | School privatization explained [...]

Our pick of recent news about the effort to privatize public education in California and the families, students, and teachers fighting back.
December 2019
Blog Charter Schools Education

How to talk to your family about charter schools during the holidays

What you should say when someone starts dissing traditional, neighborhood public schools and hyping up charter schools.
November 2019
Blog Home Water and Wastewater

People are fighting water privatization right now from Chile to the Rust Belt

Residents of a small Ohio city are pushing back against the proposed sale of their water and wastewater systems.
November 2019
Blog Charter Schools Education

D.C. School Accountability Report: Scott Pearson to step down | Rocketship kidnapping | and more

Our pick of recent news about the privatization of public education in the District and the families, students, and teachers fighting back.
November 2019
Blog Charter Schools

D.C. charter school chain faces off against neighborhood

Cashing in on Kids is In the Public Interest‘s pick of recent news about the privatization of public education. Not a subscriber? Sign up. Make sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. San Diego [...]
November 2019
Blog

Californians should own the state’s largest for-profit power utility, not Wall Street

Lessons from recent social science research show who should not be allowed to own PG&E—namely Wall Street.
October 2019
Blog Criminal Justice and Immigration

Now is the best time since 2016 to invest in private prisons, says Wall Street

Stocks in CoreCivic and GEO Group have fallen about 35 percent since June. But business is looking up.
October 2019
Blog Social Services

Privatizing D.C.’s Medicaid system makes zero sense—not even to save money

The nation’s capital recently announced it plans to fully privatize its Medicaid program—which is chilling news. Yes, most of D.C.’s Medicaid recipients already have their health care managed by private insurance [...]
October 2019
Blog Publications Tools and Guides

Guide: 10 questions to ask before any privatization deal

Privatization, the handing over of public goods and services to corporations, remains all the rage. The promises are always oversold — we get cost overruns instead of cost savings, less transparency, and cut corners [...]
June 2019
Blog Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization report: The charter school movement is in trouble | Nashville fights off [...]

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 The national charter school movement looks to [...]
June 2019
Blog Charter Schools Education

California School Accountability Report: New data on the cost of charter schools | AB1505 passes | [...]

Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. New data on the cost of charter schools. Last week, In the Public [...]
May 2019

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