Technology should be seen as a tool to help teachers teach, not replace them and the schools they teach in altogether.

Our pick of recent news about the effort to privatize public education in California.

Our newsletter for people who think public education should be truly, absolutely, authentically public.

NewSchools Venture Fund, a pro-privatization, anti-teacher nonprofit, has compiled a list of free tools and products.

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

Cashing in on Kids is our newsletter for people who think public education should be truly public.

Our pick of recent news about the privatization of public education and the parents, students, teachers, and communities fighting back.

Cashing in on Kids is In the Public Interest's pick of recent news about the privatization of 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 [...]

Cashing in on Kids is In the Public Interest's pick of recent news about the privatization of public education.

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

Instead of investing in all public schools, the funders behind National School Choice Week want our communities to leave education up to private markets.

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

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

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 [...]

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

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

What you should say when someone starts dissing traditional, neighborhood public schools and hyping up charter schools.

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

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 [...]

In the Public Interest's pick of recent news about the privatization of public education in the District and the families, students, and teachers fighting back.

A collection of research designed to help communities grapple with how best to fit charter schools into their educational systems.

In 1992, California’s legislature passed a bill allowing for the creation of charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately managed. Almost three decades later, the state has the country’s largest charter [...]

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 [...]

Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. Big week in Sacramento. Multiple charter school law reform bills are on the [...]

Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. Sign this petition to hold charter schools accountable. Educators for [...]

Across California, education leaders, teachers, and parents are realizing that the state’s nearly three-decade-old charter school law needs to be updated. In January, the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to [...]

In the wake of unexpected news that a prominent charter school is closing at the end of the school year, Washington, D.C.’s public education community is actively debating the issue of transparency.  Many [...]

I want to share a parent’s note that reminded me why In the Public Interest focuses on public education. Deb Zehr is the mother of nine-year-old Suraya, who recently left a San Diego charter school to attend a traditional, [...]

Here’s our pick of recent news about the ongoing effort to privatize public education in California. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. Is unlimited charter school growth sustainable? We might soon find [...]

In the Public Interest's pick of recent news in the privatization of public education.

  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 [...]