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Karen Francisco: Why I Fight to Save Public Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 8, 2021April 9, 2021

April 8, 2021April 9, 2021013

Karen Francisco is the editorial page editor of the The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette in Indiana. She is one of the few journalists who are outspoken...

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Texas: Legislature Debates Whether to Make It Easier to Open Charter Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 24, 2021March 25, 2021

March 24, 2021March 25, 2021030

The charter industry is turning its lobbyists loose in Texas. Despite the large number of charters in the state (more than 800), the lobbyists want...

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Tim Wu: How America Outsourced Its Ability to Fight Pandemic

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 19, 2020November 26, 2020

April 19, 2020November 26, 2020017

Tim Wu is a law professor at Columbia University. He ran for Lt. Governor in New York on a progressive ticket with Zephyr Teachout. On...

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Jersey Jazzman Dissects the Camden, New Jersey, Story Line

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 28, 2019November 26, 2020

July 28, 2019November 26, 2020016

Jersey Jazzman knows that the leaders of the Disruption Movement are always on the hunt for proof that their theories work. One model district...

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Tim Slekar Interviews Carol Burris about Charter Scandals

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 19, 2019November 26, 2020

July 19, 2019November 26, 2020020

Carol Burris is one of the best-informed observers of the charter industry. Tim Slekar interviewed her on his podcast #BustED Pencils. Like this:...

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Tom Ultican: How Charter Operators Scammed $50 Million (or More) from California

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 10, 2019November 26, 2020

July 10, 2019November 26, 2020014

Tom Ultican writes here about the biggest charter fraud in history (to this date). This fraud was not one of those one-day wonders that...

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National Charter School Conference Honors Its Heroes

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 30, 2019November 26, 2020

June 30, 2019November 26, 2020018

We are bummed you couldn’t make it, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a little taste of Vegas during the 2019 National Charter Schools...

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EdSource: Why California Charter Schools Have Little or No Oversight

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 24, 2019November 26, 2020

June 24, 2019November 26, 2020017

Louis Freedberg of EdSource explains here why California charter schools are largely unsupervised, leading to a drumbeat of scandals like the recent indictment of...