Why Isn’t Andre Agassi Building Tennis Camps Instead of Charter Schools? |...
Andre Agassi is one of our nation’s greatest tennis stars. In his heyday, he was one of the most exciting people in the game. Because he was a child prodigy, he dropped out of high school in ninth...
View ArticleForward Institute: Milwaukee Charter Study Shows Effects of Truancy, Poverty,...
The Forward Institute has released a study of charter schools in Milwaukee, comparing district charters, privately managed charters, and public schools. The findings are instructive. The 2R charter...
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Ask your Representative – Will you vote #NOonHR5?
Since launching our letter writing campaign to the US House of Representatives a little more than 3 days ago, over 8,000 NPE friends and allies have told their member of Congress to vote #NOonHR5. Our...
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The Big Money Guys Out to Defeat Chuy Garcia
The mayoral election in Chicago has become a national story. Jesus Chuy Garcia, who has been endorsed by the Network for Public Education, forced a run off election with incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
View ArticleNPE Statement on the Every Child Achieves Act
There is much we applaud in the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA). Although the bill is far from perfect, it is better than the status quo. ECAA represents a critical step forward, placing an absolute...
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Eight K-12 Education Questions Every Candidate Needs to Answer
Education Policy Must Be Addressed The subject of K-12 education was given little attention in the 2012 Presidential campaign. Mitt Romney issued a white paper supporting privatization, and President...
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Charter schools—What we know
by Bill Mathis Managing director of the National Education Policy Center and former Vermont Superintendent Al Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers is often credited with being...
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The Big Money Guys Out to Defeat Chuy Garcia
The mayoral election in Chicago has become a national story. Jesus Chuy Garcia, who has been endorsed by the Network for Public Education, forced a run off election with incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
View ArticleThe Impact of Charters on Neighborhood Schools – Simply Told
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View ArticleThe Impact of Charters on Neighborhood Schools – Simply Told
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Say “thank you” to the NAACP (and more)
The delegates to the NAACP take strong a stand to protect communities from charter abuses and to put a moratorium on charter growth. During the annual NAACP convention in Cincinnati, the delegates...
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Three big problems with school ‘choice’ that supporters don’t like to talk about
By Valerie Strauss May 3 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, joined by President Trump, speaks at a school-choice event at the White House on May 3. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) President Trump and...
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Florida Legislature’s miserly K-12 budget & corporate charter welfare bill...
by Kathleen Oropeza, Fund Education Now Every year Florida politicians reaffirm that Jeb Bush, Betsy DeVos/American Federation for Children and the Koch Bros./Americans for Prosperity with their...
View ArticleThe Network for Public Education Issues its Position Statement on Charter...
NPE Statement on Charter Schools The Network for Public Education believes that public education is the pillar of our democracy. We believe in the common school envisioned by Horace Mann. A common...
View ArticleNPE issues a position statement on charter schools
Diane Ravitch did far more than criticize the Democrats in her recently published article entitled Don’t Like Betsy DeVos? Blame the Democrats. She reminded us that privatization did not begin with...
View ArticleTell SUNY: Every Child Deserves a Well-Prepared Teacher
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Action Alert: Every Child Deserves a Well-Prepared Teacher
The SUNY Charter Committee recently introduced a proposal that would allow adults with minimal training to be certified to teach in charter schools. The plan would only require a college degree,...
View ArticleDon’t cut the 2 billion dollar Title II program
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