Parent: Why I No Longer Support Vouchers
Dountonia Batts is a parent advocate and community organizer in Indianapolis. she is a member of the board of the Network for Public Education. She...
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Educators: Beware “The City Fund” and Its Many Tentacles of Privatization
This article was co-authored by a group of educators who oppose privatization. They have identified the primary driver of privatization in their different communities: The...
Tom Ultican: School Board Elections Pit Billionaires vs. Public School Advocates
Tom Ultican writes here about three major school board elections: Oakland, Los Angeles, and Indianapolis. These are districts that are in the crosshairs of the...
Indianapolis: Stop the Billionaires from Capturing Our School Board!
John Loflin of Indianapolis writes about the money flowing into the city’s school board elections from out-of-state billionaires and their usual front called Stand for...
Tom Ultican: Who Paid to Make Indianapolis the Second Most Privatized School District in the Nation?
In this post, Tom Ultican takes a close look at the takeover and privatization of the Indianapolis school district, funded by billionaires and managed by...
Black Agenda Report: The Looting of Oakland’s Public Schools by Broadies
This is an astonishing report about the destruction and privatization of public schools in Oakland, California, and the billionaires who facilitated the looting of that...
Tom Ultican: Harvard’s School Privatization Machine and the Indianapolis Takeover
Tom Ultican, retired teacher of physics and advanced mathematics, has been accumulating case studies of what he calls “the Destroy Public Education Movement.” His latest...
Indianapolis: The Resistance Is Fighting the Well-Funded Disruptors
Professor Jim Scheurich read a recent article in the rightwing, anti-public school journal “Education Next” about Indianapolis, which he thought was fundamentally flawed. He sent...
SHOCKER: Indiana Refuses to Give Three Indianapolis Schools to For-Profit Charter Chain
Indiana is a swamp of school choice corruption. If you read this post, your hair might catch on fire if you are sensitive to things...
Valerie Jablow: D.C. Chancellor Ferebee is Cutting the Budgets of Public Schools While Shifting Funds to New Charter Schools
Valerie Jablow, parent activist and blogger in D.C., wrote a scathing indictment of the leadership of the District of Columbia Public Schools. She is sure...