charter schools

The CRT Panic Isn't Over, It's Shifted Toward Charter Schools and Privatization

After a few months in the spotlight, the movement of opposition to CRT has shifted toward the quieter work of promoting charter school networks that can use public funds to teach a whitewashed version of American history. 

What's Driving the Latest Texas History Wars?

by John Willingham

An organized and well-funded alliance of charter schools and conservative activists is leveraging the Critical Race Theory controversy in Texas to pursue the real prize: school education funding. 

The Lesson from Republicans' Embrace of "Classical Education"

Calls for "transparency" in curriculum are working hand in hand with an agenda to divert public school funding to charter schools using a curriculum steeped in Christian nationalism. But liberals would do well to heed the connection these plans draw between education and citizenship, and parents' desire to connect them more firmly.

Tennessee Charter School Curriculum, Drafted at Hillsdale and Favored by Governor, Rewrites Civil Rights History

Governor Bill Lee favors directing taxpayer funds to a network of charter schools using a curriculum developed at the conservative Hillsdale College that features substantial revisionism in the area of civil rights history. 

Organized Teachers Developed the Charter School Idea. Return to Their Original Design

by Jon Hale

Conservative education reformers have hijacked the original charter school movement, stripping away labor protections and turning the management of public resources to private interests. 

Once a Symbol of Desegregation, Ruby Bridges’ School now Reflects another Battle Engulfing Public Education

by Connie L. Schaffer, Martha Graham Viator and Meg White

The New Orleans school integrated by Ruby Bridges is now operated by a private charter school company, part of a trend that three education scholars say jeopardizes the survival of the entire system of public education in the United States.

Why Teachers, Not Reformers, Should “Reimagine Education”

Education historian Diane Ravitch agrees with public school teachers who oppose the outsize influence of wealthy foundations in determining how public schools operate.

The Demise of the Great Education Saviors

by Kevin Carey

Charter schools and testing were supposed to right historic wrongs. Now they’ve run out of political steam. What happened?

Charter schools damage public education

by Diane Ravitch

Once even Albert Shanker thought charter schools were a good idea.  Then he realized his mistake.

What the ‘Government Schools’ Critics Really Mean

by Katherine Stewart

In certain conservative circles, the phrase “government schools” has become as ubiquitous as it is contemptuous.

The Charter School Mistake

by Diane Ravitch

Charter schools are a very bad idea, but billionaires love 'em.