charter schools

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  11/13/2020
  

  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.

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• SOURCE: Nonprofit Quarterly
  6/1/2020
  

  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.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/18/2020
  

  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?

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  6-22-18
  

  Charter schools damage public education

  by Diane Ravitch

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

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-31-17
  

  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.

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  10-1-13
  

  The Charter School Mistake

  by Diane Ravitch

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