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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.

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Blog Education Infrastructure

Wall Street wants in on public school construction, and that’s scary

For years, we’ve heard the same false claims behind the push to use public-private partnerships to build new infrastructure, like toll roads and prisons. Private equity firms and Wall Street banks say public-private [...]
January 2020
Blog

No one asks how are we going to pay for war. So, why should we for public transit?

Tons of positive ink has been spilled about Kansas City, Missouri’s decision last month to make public transit fare-free, and rightly so.
January 2020
Blog Charter Schools Education

Education historian Diane Ravitch has a new book, and she’s coming to a town near you

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.   [...]
January 2020
Blog Charter Schools Education

California School Accountability Report: New charter regulation already paying off | and more

Our pick of recent news about the effort to privatize public education in California and the families, students, and teachers fighting back.
January 2020
Blog

A new direction in 2020 for In the Public Interest. Well, sort of.

We're going to start showing what truly public, democratic control over public goods means and looks like.
January 2020
Blog Charter Schools Education

Summit Public Schools appears to be skirting the intention of California’s recent charter school regulation

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

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 | and more

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

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