It happens over and over and over again. vimeo.com/1151991494?s...

Check out NPE’s #SchoolVoucherScams - learn how vouchers bilk taxpayers, fail children, & funnel funding away from our public schools networkforpubliceduc...#SchoolVoucherScams- we will update monthly w/ the latest #SchoolVoucherScam$ - share our hashtag & stories

Read the audit and 990. They were MILLIONS in the hole.

To understand why, read @nccsa.bsky.social's new report. networkforpubliceducation.org/part-ii-char... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @mcolorado.bsky.social @nepc.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social

Wow. After just weeks of opening, this North Carolina charter let parents down. Never shd have been approved by NC charter board w/ all its for-profit schemes & low enrollment. @dianeravitch.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @ncgovernor.bsky.social

The new federal K-12 voucher system will become a "Trump-branded straitjacket and a devil’s bargain." Governors should say NO to this "Trojan horse". @npeaction.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social coloradosun.com/2025/12/16/opinion-colorado-school-voucher-polis-decision/

@carolburris.bsky.social This is a perfect example of a charter authorizer that was created to save an SC Christian college. College goes belly up and takes the authorizer w/ it, leaving schools adrift. www.postandcourier.com/education-la... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @postandcourier.bsky.social

@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...

New @nccsa.bsky.social report points to “a culture of alienation and control” as part of a critique of a policy brief that found academic gains for New Orleans students as a result of charter conversions. bit.ly/48t4pDL

Corruption & Mismanagement in charter schools has cost taxpayers nearly one billion $. Read more in NCCSA new report Part II of the Charter School Reckoning networkforpubliceduc... @whitehouse.senate.gov @repbonamici.bsky.social @frankel.house.gov @sanders.senate.gov

Making the Grade 2025: In an Uncertain Federal Policy Landscape, States Must Prioritize Fair School Funding edlawcenter.org/making-the-g...

Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."

New Report by National Center for Charter School Accountability - Support for charter schools has dropped dramatically, from 7 in 10 Americans in 2013 to 46% today. Part II of the Charter School Reckoning report explains why. networkforpubliceduc...

@iliasnyc.bsky.social Thank you for including me in your pack!

Authorizer, Erskine, took charter leaders on a junket to London and Stockholm. Also bought thousands of dollars of fireworks! In charter world lots of fingers in pots. Read our report networkforpubliceducation.org/part-ii-char... @mcolorado.bsky.social @nepc.bsky.social @postandcourier.bsky.social

A recent essay proposes using “responsible innovation” to design the AI-enabled edtech of the future. bit.ly/4iLtheX

@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...

worth repeating

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 arktimes.com/arkansa... #SchoolVoucherScam

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

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."

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

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...

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

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...

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 www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/und...

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

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

[email protected] These real cuts to Pell grants will close opportunities for low-income and working families across America. Shameful budget. ‪@pattymurray.bsky.social ‪@chrismurphyct.bsky.social ‪@jeff-merkley.bsky.social‬ ‪@reed.senate.gov‬ ‪@shaheen.senate.gov

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 ‪@chrismurphyct.bsky.social ‪@jeff-merkley.bsky.social‬ ‪@reed.senate.gov‬ ‪@shaheen.senate.gov

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 ‪@chrismurphyct.bsky.social ‪@jeff-merkley.bsky.social‬ ‪@reed.senate.gov‬ ‪@shaheen.senate.gov

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 We make it easy to send your email TODAY with Action Network actionnetwork.org/le...

@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 ‪@chrismurphyct.bsky.social ‪@jeff-merkley.bsky.social‬ ‪@reed.senate.gov‬ ‪@shaheen.senate.gov

“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... @texasaft.org @derekwblack.bsky.social @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social

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... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social @casandraulbrich.bsky.social @professorjvh.bsky.social

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... @moreperfectunion.bsky.social @edvoterspa.bsky.social @houstoncvpe.bsky.social

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...

[email protected] Do Charter Schools and School Choice Increase Segregation? Yep. And this is from a very charter-friendly research organization. reachcentered.org/publications... @dianeravitch.bsky.social

Charter schools have enjoyed both private and public school advantages for years. That will come to an end soon. And the charter lobby has only itself to blame. @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social @neatoday.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @chalkbeat.org pv4ps.org/with-religio...

Religious charter schools? The charter lobby is not happy. @votegloriaj.bsky.social @hechingerreport.org @texasaft.org @itpi.bsky.social Read why pv4ps.org/with-religio...