National Center for Charter School Accountability

The ‘Miracle’ of New Orleans School Reform Since Katrina Is Not What It Seems The city’s all-charter school experiment is a cautionary tale about what happens when democracy is stripped from public education.

@carolburris.bsky.social Asks "If charter churn and the replacement of failing schools with better schools is the secret sauce of success, then why haven’t test scores continued to rise even as churn has increased?" @dianeravitch.bsky.social progressive.org/public-schoo...

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Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she discusses her new memoir - Network For Public Education Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she and Carol Burris discuss her recently released memoir. An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else is a beautifully written account of both the personal and professional growth of this hero of public education. This is a discussion you will not want to […]

Join NPE Exec. Dir @carolburris.bsky.social in conversation w/ NPE Pres. @dianeravitch.bsky.social - 11/10 at 3:30 EST - Diane will be discussing her memoir: An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else

To register go here networkforpubliceduc...

Our kids deserve better. Cutting public education funding means fewer resources, larger class sizes & fewer opportunities. Join the fight to protect our schools on March 4! www.aft.org/ProtectO... #ProtectOurKids @aftunion.bsky.social @nccsa.bsky.social @educationmn.bsky.social

Out-of-staters misrepresent  Arkansas voucher data to champion school privatization - Arkansas Times More families already in private schools are collecting LEARNS vouchers, but that doesn't indicate public school families are jumping ship.

Out-of-staters misrepresent Arkansas voucher data to champion school privatization arktimes.com/arkansa... #SchoolVoucherScam

Anti-Public School Extremists Take Over Department of Education. - Network For Public Education

Watch this short video sum up a great @propublica.org piece that unveils the hostility of McMahon's Dept of Ed to public schooling. networkforpubliceducation.org/propublica-i... @edusky.bsky.social @zinnedproject.bsky.social

Dohn Community High School: A textbook case of charter failure and illegal enrichment.. This video by NPE is based on a great investigative story by the reporters Quinlan Bently and Bebe Hodges of the Cincinnati Enquirer about how for-profit charter…

Charter laws need reform to stop making schools piggy banks for those who take advantage of taxpayers and kids @mcolorado.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social vimeo.com/1123262486?s...

"Public school funding has also taken a hit from a push to create what Allegretto described as a 'separate' education system, where tax dollars follow students who attend private charter schools not accessible to all students."

Jeb Bush is wrong about charters. They are gutting Florida’s public schools | Opinion A former educator says Florida is engaging in a coordinated campaign to undermine traditional public schools. | Opinion

A fabulous op ed by Florida's Crystal Etienne exposing the anti-public school agenda of Jeb Bush and his pals. She is right--charters are part of the privatization agenda along with vouchers. www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e... @dianeravitch.bsky.social

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 sch...

Continuing a flood of federal dollars to the Federal Charter School Programs to prop up the expansion of a failing charter sector makes no sense. Get the facts. Read our report. networkforpubliceducation.org/charter-scho...

Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating ... TikTok video by Network for Public Education

New report by the National Center for Charter School Accountability --Part I busts the myths showing charters in decline www.tiktok.com/@network4pub...

The 3 States That Don't Allow Charter Schools—and Why Rural states were historically resistant to charter schools, but that has changed in recent years.

Education Week: "So what changed? Politics, according to Burris. “It depends on the legislature. Charter schools have become a cause of the Republican Party,” she said. When Montana had a governor who was a Democrat, the state “rejected charter schools,” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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Understanding How Schools Are Labeled What goes into the process of labeling schools, and how reliable are those labels — especially when a school is labeled as “failing”? This is the second of three articles on public schools as a common...

The anti-education media is WRONG! "70% of students in the U.S. are performing as we would expect them to perform despite increased rigor and content complexity over the decades." @plthomasedd.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social
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Charter School Reckoning Part 1 Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, presents sobering findings on the stagnation,…

This whiteboard explainer @dianeravitch.bsky.social @mcolorado.bsky.social @theactionnetwork.bsky.social sums up our new report that explodes the myths vimeo.com/1106719962?s...

Our kids deserve better. Cutting public education funding means fewer resources, larger class sizes & fewer opportunities. Join the fight to protect our schools on March 4! www.aft.org/ProtectO... #ProtectOurKids @aftunion.bsky.social @nccsa.bsky.social @educationmn.bsky.social

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Charter School Reckoning Part 1 Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, presents sobering findings on the stagnation,…

Our whiteboard explainer sums it up! Charter schools, sustained by myths, are on the decline. vimeo.com/1106719962?s...

.@network4pubed.bsky.social These real cuts to Pell grants will close opportunities for low-income and working families across America. Shameful budget. ‪@pattymurray.bsky.social
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The Trump Ed Budget dismantles the supports that give low-income, working-class, & English learners a fair shot. A program for veterans gets the axe. Hold McMahon accountable.‪@pattymurray.bsky.social
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There is no "million student waiting list" for charter schools. That is nonsense. School growth is flat. Don't strip public schools for charter school expansion. ‪@pattymurray.bsky.social
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Let Congress know that Trump and McMahon's budget is a nightmare that puts their politics above our children's needs. Send you letter to Congress today actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Please take action TODAY! McMahon hearing is tomorrow!

Tell Congress: Don’t Let Linda McMahon Slash Funding for Children and Veterans to Fund School Choice

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@carolburris.bsky.social Why are those modest Pell grant awards going down? Why is work-study cut by a billion? Awful McMahon budget. ‪@pattymurray.bsky.social
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“Analyzing a database that tracks charter schools over two decades, a new report from the Network for Public Education (NPE) documents an astounding 50% failure rate of these schools over a 15-year period. More than a quarter of the schools folded within five years.”

"Charter schools have used their private status when it is in their interest, even as they secure an advantage from the public label." Read the latest from @carolburris.bsky.social pv4ps.org/with-relig...

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Fast Fact: 26% of all charter schools shut down by year 5. Learn more about charter schools and how they impact YOUR local school at networkforpubliceduc...

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Fast Fact: 35 states allow for-profit corporations to run charter schools. Learn more about charter schools at the National Center for Charter School Accountability networkforpubliceduc...

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Our cover this week.

Charter corruption happens daily, and if a charter school like this one is run by a for-profit, it is so much worse. Scammers prosper, kids lose. www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...