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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...
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...
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PBS Shows Anti-Public Education Propaganda
This month the Public Broadcasting System is showing a “documentary” that tells a one-sided story of school privatization as told by Libertarian Andrew Coulson. This three-hour broadcast, called...
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NPE Releases 8 Powerful Voices for Public Ed Film Series: First up is Diane...
Today our film series begins. The first of the Eight Powerful Voices in our NPE film series is none other than that of our our own beloved president, Diane Ravitch. In this film, Diane explains the...
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A tremendous sea change comes to New York
by Leonie Haimson In New York, there was a tremendous sea change in our State Legislature. For decades, our State Senate has been dominated by a bipartisan majority that has aggressively represented...
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Group tied to charter school backers spent thousands in Va. school board...
Veronica Nolan was reelected to the Alexandria school board in the 2018 race in District B. (Derek House) By Debbie Truong November 25 at 3:00 PM “By stacking the board . . . they can get charter...
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NPE’s Top Ten “Why We Will Win” Stories of 2014
2014 was a year filled with substantial stories, with more than a few seismic shifts in the public education landscape. At the 1st annual conference of the Network for Public Education in Austin,...
View ArticleDo charters and vouchers hurt public schools? The answer is “yes”
Do charter schools, school vouchers and online schools really hurt our neighborhood public schools? You bet they do. Charter schools, vouchers, and other “choice” options redirect public money to...
View ArticleCashing In On Pre-K Testing | Behind Frenemy Lines
by Jason Stanford Sandy Kress, the controversial testing lobbyist, is leading a new raid on our school taxes. This month he registered to lobby for Amplify, the company that wants to replace textbooks...
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