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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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Blog Charter Schools Education What We Focus On

Cashing in on Kids: Why communities of color are increasingly rejecting charter schools

In the Public Interest's pick of recent news in the privatization of public education.
December 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: How Amazon helps surveil immigrants, and more.

How Amazon helps surveil immigrants, a new push to sell of public lands, and more.
December 2018
Blog

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Many were appalled when then-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon framed the Trump administration’s agenda in its early days as the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” Appalled about Bannon’s [...]
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: A new report on criminalizing mental illness, Hogan’s P3 [...]

A new report on criminalizing (and profiting from) mental illness, Maryland's toll road P3 progresses, and more.
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report: California’s wealthy hire firefighters, and more.

Private firefighters deployed in California, how privatization exacerbates climate change, and more.
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report

Voters nationwide rejected privatization, Michelle Alexander on social control, and more.
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

California School Accountability Report: Millions of ballots are still uncounted

  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.   Millions of ballots are still uncounted in tight state [...]
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report

Privatization wars on the eve of Election Day, the myth of public sector inefficiency, and more.
November 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report

Updates from the Network for Public Education conference, battles over public water, and more.
October 2018
Blog Charter Schools Education What We Focus On

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

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

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
Blog Charter Schools Education What We Focus On

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

Weekly privatization report

Postal workers plan day of action against privatization, the contractors behind ICE, and more.
September 2018
Weekly Privatization Report

Weekly privatization report

A massive tax cut proposed in Maryland, how charter schools pressure the credit rating of neighborhood schools, and more.
September 2018

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