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.
California School Accountability Report: Charter leader was making $24,000 a month
Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Want these straight to your email inbox? Sign up here. Charter school leader was making $24,000 a month. An audit [...]
October 2018
Weekly privatization report
A flawed public-private partnership highway plan in Maryland, how deregulation leads to less school choice, and more.
October 2018
Weekly privatization report
Immigrant children moved to a Texas for-profit tent city, uncertainty about Chicago's train deal with Elon Musk, and more.
October 2018
California School Accountability Report: Conflict over classrooms in SF
In the Public Interest's pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California.
September 2018
Weekly privatization report
A massive tax cut proposed in Maryland, how charter schools pressure the credit rating of neighborhood schools, and more.
September 2018
Privatized foreign air traffic control systems continue to fall further behind the U.S.
In the Public Interest teamed up with the National Consumers League, the Alliance for Aviation Across America, Consumer Action, and FlyersRights.Org to release a fact sheet summarizing issues with privatized air traffic [...]
September 2018
Weekly privatization report
California bans for-profit charter schools, a spirited defense of libraries in the New York Times, and more.
September 2018
Weekly privatization report
Former Trump official joins private prison corporation, a charter school opens up in a former Kmart, and more.
September 2018
Weekly privatization report
The federal government is marketing prison labor, California might ban for-profit charter schools, and more.
August 2018
Weekly privatization report
The coming failure of privatized emergency services, public school districts weigh helping imprisoned immigrant children, and more.
August 2018
In the Public Interest’s weekly privatization report
Baltimore will go to the polls to ban water privatization, San Diego is run by mostly rich, white men, and more.
August 2018
In the Public Interest’s weekly privatization report
Big growth for private prison corporations despite divestment, why Lebron's public school is a good thing, and more.
August 2018