Public schools lose over $2 billion a year to corporate tax breaks
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March 2021
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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.
A charter school teacher on the smoke and mirrors of ‘school choice’
That and more in this week's Cashing in on Kids, an email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools.
March 2021
New York charter school chain Success Academy to pay $2.4 million in disability discrimination [...]
That and more in this week's Cashing in on Kids email newsletter, which is for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools.
March 2021
Underfunding of public school buildings hits $38 billion annually, as banks salivate
A weekly email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools—produced by In the Public Interest.
March 2021
Charter schools are failing homeless students at jaw-dropping rates
Welcome to Cashing in on Kids, a weekly email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools.
March 2021
Utah charter school tries to opt out of Black History Month
A weekly email newsletter from in the Public Interest for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools.
February 2021
Democratic charter school advocates are starting to help elect Republicans
That and more in this week's email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools.
February 2021
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Report: California wasting hundreds of millions of dollars annually on online charter schools February 2021This public school was almost privatized 3 years ago. Now it’s thriving.
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February 2021
Some charter school leaders are panicking about Biden’s deputy secretary of education
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January 2021
Students are flocking to poor-performing online charter schools, straining public school budgets
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November 2020
How charter schools enable segregation on steroids
The latest edition of Cashing in on Kids, an email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
September 2020
Corporate tax breaks are bleeding South Carolina public schools of funding
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September 2020
Virtual charter school corporations are cashing in during the pandemic
In the Public Interest's email newsletter for people fighting efforts to privatize public education in California.
September 2020
Is a private equity-backed online learning company coming to a school near you?
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September 2020
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The California charter schools that have received coronavirus aid meant for small businesses July 2020New publicly funded charter school to open teaching ‘traditions of Western civilization’
Recent news about the effort to privatize public education in California and the families, students, and teachers fighting back.
July 2020
Video of activist connecting police funding to education defunding goes viral
Cashing in on Kids is an email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
July 2020
Parents, get these questions answered before enrolling your child in online schooling
Cashing in on Kids is an email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America's public schools.
July 2020
Trump to seek private, religious school scholarships in next recovery bill
Cashing in on Kids is an email newsletter for people concerned about the privatization of America's schools.
July 2020
How police ended up in America’s public schools
Our email newsletter for people who think public education should be truly, absolutely, authentically public.
June 2020
As small businesses suffer, charter schools are double dipping in coronavirus aid
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June 2020
World’s largest for-profit education company is using pandemic to push tech-driven [...]
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June 2020
Is there peril or promise in online learning?
Our email newsletter for people who think public education should be truly, absolutely, authentically public
May 2020
Research overwhelmingly shows that a computer can’t replace a real live K-12 public school
Technology should be seen as a tool to help teachers teach, not replace them and the schools they teach in altogether.
May 2020
“Humans are biohazards, machines are not.” New York to “reimagine” public education.
Our newsletter for people who think public education should be truly, absolutely, authentically public.
May 2020
Online K-12 education companies during coronavirus are “like coke dealers handing out free [...]
NewSchools Venture Fund, a pro-privatization, anti-teacher nonprofit, has compiled a list of free tools and products.
May 2020
For-profit online education company K12 Inc. to investors: There’s “upside” in the pandemic
Cashing in on Kids is a newsletter for people who think public education should be truly public—produced by In the Public Interest.
April 2020
11 warning signs that someone is trying to privatize your public school
Our pick of recent news about the effort to privatize public education in California and the families, students, and teachers fighting back.
April 2020
For-profit online education company K12 Inc. aims ads at children as stock price climbs
Our pick of recent news about the privatization of public education and the parents, students, teachers, and communities fighting back.
April 2020
Koch-funded think tank says for-profit online schools are “what the future of learning looks [...]
Cashing in on Kids is In the Public Interest's pick of recent news about the privatization of public education.
April 2020
The charter school industry is vying for federal bailout money
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April 2020
Online learning shouldn’t be an excuse to privatize public education
Here’s our pick of recent news about the effort to privatize public education in California and the families, students, and teachers fighting back. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. Online learning shouldn’t be [...]
April 2020
Congressman confronts Education Secretary Betsy DeVos about charter school failures
Cashing in on Kids is In the Public Interest's pick of recent news about the privatization of public education.
February 2020