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Diane Ravitch Sums It All Up My introduction to Diane Ravitch: I can’t remember precisely which education conference it was, but I was in graduate school, so it was between 2005 and 2010. Ravitch had just begun writing her Bri…

Ravitch has published two dozen books and countless articles. She is a historian—making her the Heather Cox Richardson of education history, someone who can remind you that when it comes to education policy, what goes around comes around. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/10/26/d...

There Was No “Miracle” in New Orleans This is the most important post you will read today or this week, maybe this month, if you care about the future of American public schools. It’s about the importance of honest research; it&#…

There Was No "Miracle" in New Orleans

Jennifer Berkshire: Is Public Education Over? Fifteen years ago, I wrote a book about the the danger that school choice and testing posed to public schools. Its title: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Cho…

Jennifer Berkshire: Is Public Education Over?

Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost - Network For Public Education Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning,  presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 […]

Part I of our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning documents the growth & decline of the charter school movement & explores the question: Has the charter market reached
its saturation point? Read our new report here networkforpubliceduc...

A long-term look at Indiana’s budget shows education spending lacking • Indiana Capital Chronicle The Indiana biennial budget faced significant challenges, but the long-term changes to how we spend our state tax dollars are more important.

A long-term look at Indiana’s budget shows education spending lacking

What Do the July 1 Federal School Funding Cuts Mean for Students, Communities, and the Constitution? In late July, with the school year beginning in most places in about a month, there are few firm answers about whether school districts will ever be granted access to the almost $7 billion in feder…

What Do the July 1 Federal School Funding Cuts Mean for Students, Communities, and the Constitution? janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/w...

Indiana colleges cut hundreds of low-enrollment degree programs ahead of state mandate • Indiana Capital Chronicle Six of Indiana’s public colleges and universities are cutting or consolidating more than 400 academic degree programs.

Indiana colleges cut hundreds of low-enrollment degree programs ahead of state mandate indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/01/i...

Carol Burris: Update on the School Funds in Trump’s Big Ugly Budget Bill Most attention has focused on the horrible cuts to Medicaid and food assistance (SNAP) in the bill just passed by the GOP majority in the Senate. It has some differences with the version passed by …

Carol Burris: Update on the School Funds in Trump's Big Ugly Budget Bill dianeravitch.net/2025/07/01/c...

A Personal Report to My Friends Who Read the Blog I spent this past weekend at my sixty-fifth reunion at Wellesley College. Since I graduated in 1960, I have never missed one. Part of my faithfulness is grounded in nostalgia, in a chance to relive…

A Personal Report to My Friends Who Read the Blog dianeravitch.net/2025/05/26/a...

Rapidly expanding school voucher programs pinch state budgets • Stateline The price of vouchers and scholarship programs, which funnel billions in public money to private schools, is mounting for states.

"School vouchers are increasingly eating up state budgets in a way that I don't think is sustainable long term.." stateline.org/2025/0... #SchoolvoucherScam

"Big Beautiful Bill" in Congress Hurts Poor Children and Establishes New Federal School Vouchers janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/b...

This Supreme Court Decision Could Determine the Future of Charter Schools A ruling in favor of a religious charter school for Oklahoma could disrupt the 'public' status the charter industry enjoys.

NPE Exec Director @carolburris.bsky.social - This Supreme Court Decision Could Determine the Future of Charter Schools in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social progressive.org/publ...

On Teacher Appreciation Week, union leaders say teachers are underpaid and under attack The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.

The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.

‘A giant leap backwards’: Indiana opts out of summer program for hungry schoolchildren • Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana will no longer participate in a program to feed schoolchildren through direct family payments during summer vacation.

‘A giant leap backwards’: Indiana opts out of summer program for hungry schoolchildren indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/07/a...

Pastors for Texas Children on the Signing of the Voucher Bill One of the most determined opponents of vouchers in Texas was the Pastors for Texas Children. While some faith leaders celebrated the opportunity to get public money for their religious schools, th…

Pastors for Texas Children on the Signing of the Voucher Bill dianeravitch.net/2025/05/06/p...

In a series of cases, far-right law firms have recruited plaintiffs in lawsuits designed to undermine the Establishment Clause protection of the separation of church and state and expand the meaning of the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause.

Join us for a discussion with Derek Black on the vital role PUBLIC EDUCATION plays in sustaining our DEMOCRACY—and what’s at stake if it continues to be undermined. @npeaction.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @derekwblack.bsky.social

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2025 Conference Highlights Visit our conference page to see some of the highlights of the 2025 NPE Action/NPE conference in Columbus, Ohio.

At the NPE Conference it was clear that we love our public schools, governed by our elected neighbors. We will fight to preserve, fund, & improve our public schools, where all children are welcome. Check out our highlight videos here networkforpubliceduc... #NPE2025Columbus