Taking a Look Inside the Wild World of Charter School Regulation

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2015 Charter school “authorizers” are charged with making sure schools can be trusted with kids and with public money. Problem is, many lack the tools to do the job. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

When a Wildlife Rehab Center Regulates Charter Schools: Inside the Wild World of Charter Regulation

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NY State Official Raises Alarm on Charter Schools — And Gets Ignored

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2014 A top official in the New York State Comptroller’s Office has urged regulators to require more transparency on charter-school finances. The response has been, well, nonexistent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Are Charter Schools Segregating America’s Education System?

David Sirota / Truthdig Dec 13, 2014 Charter schools are often promoted as a tool to address educational inequities, but a potential precedent-setting legal case launched earlier this month says the opposite. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

When Charter Schools Are Nonprofit in Name Only

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2014 Some charters pass along nearly all their money to for-profit companies hired to manage the schools. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How a Businessman Funnels Public Education Funds for Charter Schools Into Private Companies

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2014 Baker Mitchell is a politically connected North Carolina businessman who celebrates the power of the free market. Every year, millions of public education dollars flow through Mitchell’s chain of four nonprofit charter schools to for-profit companies he controls. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

A Chronicle of Echoes

By Patrick Walsh Sep 19, 2014 Teaching in the American public school system, in another 10 years, could be reduced to a temp job or a micromanaged performance scripted by corporations. Who are the people behind this implosion? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: JoAnn Wypijewski

BLANK May 18, 2014 The Nation magazine journalist asks us to consider whether the internment of hundreds of public school teachers in district gulags is part of the ongoing effort to privatize education.The Nation magazine journalist asks us to consider whether the internment of hundreds of public school teachers in district gulags is part of an ongoing effort to privatize education. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cyber Charters

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Lessons for Texas Schoolkids: Loch Ness Monster Proves Evolution Is Wrong

BLANK Oct 25, 2013 Christian-affiliated public charter schools in Texas are teaching some whoppers in the classroom. Note the phrase "public charter schools." Yes, tax money is being spent to spread ignorance, such as linking the rise of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich to Darwinism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Liberal ‘Confusion’ About America’s Education Problem

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 8, 2013 Neoliberalism, the economic doctrine that favors zero government regulation of commerce and other activities, is giving American education to the corporations, and well-meaning but deluded liberals are complicit in the takeover, Lois Weiner writes at Jacobin. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

An Education Declaration to Rebuild America

Staff / Truthdig Jun 13, 2013 Good schools are essential to democracy and prosperity -- and it is our collective responsibility to educate all children, not just a fortunate few, according to a manifesto on the Education Opportunity Network. To rebuild America, we need a vision for 21st-century education based on seven principles, it urges. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )