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Blog Cashing in on Kids Charter Schools Education

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
Cashing in on Kids Charter Schools Education

Legislative resegregation of schools catching on in red states

A weekly email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools.
February 2021
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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
Blog Charter Schools Education

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 2021

Cashing in on Kids Charter Schools Education

This public school was almost privatized 3 years ago. Now it’s thriving.

Welcome to Cashing in on Kids, an email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools—produced by In the Public Interest. Not a subscriber? Sign up. And make sure to like us [...]
February 2021
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Some charter school leaders are panicking about Biden’s deputy secretary of education

Welcome to Cashing in on Kids, an email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools—produced by In the Public Interest. Not a subscriber? Sign up. And make sure to like us [...]
January 2021
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Is the pandemic boosting charter school enrollment?

An email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools.
January 2021
Blog Cashing in on Kids Charter Schools Education

Betsy DeVos hasn’t really resigned yet

That and more, in this week's Cashing in on Kids email newsletter.
January 2021
Blog Cashing in on Kids Charter Schools Education

The pandemic is supercharging Silicon Valley’s school book swindle

Our email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools.
January 2021
Blog Cashing in on Kids Charter Schools Education

Charter schools are enabling white flight from public education

An email newsletter for people fed up with the privatization of America’s public schools.
December 2020
Blog Cashing in on Kids Charter Schools Education

Florida charter school leader allegedly spent school funds on new car while students went hungry

An email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
December 2020
Blog Cashing in on Kids Charter Schools Education

Betsy DeVos broke the neoliberal consensus on charter schools and standardized testing

An email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
December 2020
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Students are flocking to poor-performing online charter schools, straining public school budgets

Welcome to Cashing in on Kids, a newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools—produced by In the Public Interest. Not a subscriber? Sign up. And make sure to like us [...]
November 2020
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DeVos gives South Carolina $31.5 million for charter schools despite protests by public school [...]

An email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
October 2020
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Embattled Oklahoma charter school found to be pocketing 1 in 4 taxpayer dollars

An email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
October 2020
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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
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Uber, but for public schools

An email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools
September 2020
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Corporate tax breaks are bleeding South Carolina public schools of funding

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September 2020
Blog Charter Schools Education

Private and charter schools are getting 6 times more CARES Act funding than public schools

An email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
September 2020
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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
Blog Charter Schools Education

Is a private equity-backed online learning company coming to a school near you?

Welcome to Cashing in on Kids, a newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools—produced by In the Public Interest. Not a subscriber? Sign up. And make sure to like us [...]
September 2020
Charter Schools Education

Amazon is giving free cloud computing training to public school students. What could go wrong?

Our email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
August 2020
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Charter schools and vouchers aren’t going to fix public education. Here’s what will.

Our email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
August 2020
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See which charter schools in your state double-dipped in coronavirus aid

An email newsletter for people fighting to stop the privatization of America’s public schools.
July 2020

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The California charter schools that have received coronavirus aid meant for small businesses July 2020

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New 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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As small businesses suffer, charter schools are double dipping in coronavirus aid

Our email newsletter for people who think public education should be truly, absolutely, authentically public.
June 2020
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World’s largest for-profit education company is using pandemic to push tech-driven [...]

Our newsletter for people who think public education should be truly, absolutely, authentically public.
June 2020
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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
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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
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Management consulting firm Bain & Company to help Los Angeles school district with online [...]

Our pick of recent news about the effort to privatize public education in California.
May 2020
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“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
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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
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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
Blog Charter Schools Education

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
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For-profit online education corporation K12 Inc. cozies up to Trump administration

Cashing in on Kids is our newsletter for people who think public education should be truly public.
April 2020
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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
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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
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The charter school industry is vying for federal bailout money

Cashing in on Kids is In the Public Interest‘s pick of recent news about the privatization of public education and the communities fighting back. Not a subscriber? Sign up. Make sure to like us on Facebook and [...]
April 2020
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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
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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
Blog Charter Schools Education

Michael Bloomberg has spent big on pushing charter schools in California

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

National School Choice Week is actually about promoting certain choices over others

Instead of investing in all public schools, the funders behind National School Choice Week want our communities to leave education up to private markets.
February 2020
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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

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