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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.

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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Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization Report: Denver ends massive public-private partnership after losses | and more

Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide. Not a subscriber? Sign up. EDUCATION 1) National: A new Walton family-backed revolving loan fund to finance charter school [...]
August 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization Report: Denver says “no” to private prison corporations | P3s for [...]

Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide. Not a subscriber? Sign up. Education 1) National: The Network for Public Education is inviting educators who are going [...]
August 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization Report: CoreCivic gets downgraded as banks leave industry | Online charter school [...]

EDUCATION 1) National: Emails show education secretary Betsy DeVos’ aides pulled strings for failing for-profit colleges. “Making matters worse, the college is accused of enrolling new students and taking their [...]
July 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization Report: Massive online charter school in Georgia hits snag | California hospital to [...]

This week’s highlights Weak oversight may doom the future of an online charter school, which, if approved, would be the second-largest public school in Georgia. Chicago is again considering the privatization of the [...]
July 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization Report: Trump vs. the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument | Is “asset [...]

Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide, in order by sector. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. EDUCATION 1) National: Jeff Bryant of Our Schools, a project of [...]
July 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization Report: St. Louis Airport employees fear privatization | Alabama to open 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. EDUCATION 1) National: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Gov. Jay Inslee [...]
July 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization report: Bank of America to quit private prisons | How “school choice” [...]

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 Private prison stocks are dropping after Bank [...]
July 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization report: The racist roots of public school privatization | Privatizing airports is big [...]

This is In the Public Interest’s 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 Virginia Tech Prof. Wornie Reed [...]
June 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization Report: Betsy DeVos turns to for-profit college veteran | More libraries are hiring [...]

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 Betsy DeVos installs a veteran of [...]
June 2019
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: The positives of insourcing | The true cost of charter schools | 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 We’ve published a new research brief [...]
June 2019
Blog Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization report: The charter school movement is in trouble | Nashville fights off multinational parking meter investors | 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 The national charter school movement looks to [...]
June 2019
Blog Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization report: How much charter schools really cost | Illinois could ban private prisons | [...]

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 new study (by In the Public Interest) has [...]
May 2019
Blog Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization report: Bernie wants to rein in charter schools | CoreCivic’s lucrative quarter [...]

Here’s our weekly analysis of privatization in the news and in communities nationwide. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Citing harm to public schools, presidential candidate Sen. Bernie [...]
May 2019
Blog Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization report: Remembering ATU’s Larry Hanley | Florida to use school vouchers | 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 The Southern Poverty Law Center weighs in on [...]
May 2019
Blog Weekly Privatization Report

Privatization report: Former Trump appointee joins private prison corp | Nashville looks to [...]

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 Trump’s former chief of staff, John [...]
May 2019

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