Charter schools get the same federal funding as public schools. But they are pushing for more-to create a half billion dollar a year slush fund of the federal Charter School Programs. It is not only unaffordable, this giveaway is also shockingly unfair to your local public schools.

Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning,  presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 […]

Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning,  presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 […]

Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning,  presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 […]

NEW YORK, July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Center for Charter School Accountability (NCCSA), a project of the Network for Public Education, has released the first in a three-part report series titled Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment, and Cost. Part I: Decline presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector. The report documents that in the first half of 2025, 50 charter schools announced closures, many without warning, adding to the 218 charter schools that closed or never opened between 2022 and 2024. Meanwhile, new school openings have dramatically slowed, with a net gain of only 11 more charter schools between 2022-23 and 2023–24— a stark contrast to the hundreds added annually in prior decades.

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut is a stalwart ally of public schools. When Democrats controlled the House of Representatives, she was chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee …

Donald Trump promised that he will make public funds available to private as well as religious schools in every state, and this is what his party wants,

Linda McMahon will not protect America's children from Elon Musk's sledgehammer when he destroys the programs they need--programs that protect the rights of students with disabilities, that fund remedial reading teachers, and that help middle-class families get college loans. She cannot protect what she does not understand. Ms. McMahon is unqualified and inexperienced in school governance. She has demonstrated little interest in children or schools outside of a short, politically appointed stint on the Connecticut Board of Education. The World Wrestling Entertainment industry she chose to develop glorifies violence and bullying, thus presenting negative behavior and role models for children. She has a clear and consistent history of ignoring the abuse of employees--both young and old. Ms. McMahon, the chair of the America First Institute, which supports school choice through the money-follows-the-child voucher model, will follow the lead of Trump and Musk. Please inform the members of the Senate HELP Committee that Linda McMahon is an unacceptable choice to lead the Department of Education and is unfit to serve our nation's children.

WBTV Investigates: Parents raise questions about Arizona-based charter school company

Education Department nominee Linda McMahon's primary qualifications seem to unwavering loyalty and massive financial support for Donald Trump. 

The removal of Center for Disease Control and Prevention data on teenage health, along with the nomination of anti-vaccination activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., pose a clear and present danger to our children's health. Send your letter to let the Senate Committee that oversees Health and Education know that children's health, not politics, must come first.

“It is called ‘school choice,’ but the schools choose, not the students or families.”

Trump is using his Project 2025 playbook to privatize education because he knows vouchers have repeatedly been a failure in Congress and rejected by voters at the ballot box

The WWE thrived on a culture of exploitation, misogyny, and cruelty.

The WWE thrived on a culture of exploitation, misogyny, and cruelty.

President Donald Trump has nominated former Tennessee Ed chief, the controversy-steeped Penny Schwinn, for the position of US deputy secretary of education, a post that requires Senate confirmation…

Seven schools will close in the next few years due to declining enrollment, joining the 53 that closed in the past five years.

The movement’s ultimate objective is to put an end to public responsibility for education entirely.

The movement’s ultimate objective is to put an end to public responsibility for education entirely.

The movement’s ultimate objective is to put an end to public responsibility for education entirely.

The movement’s ultimate objective is to put an end to public responsibility for education entirely.

The movement’s ultimate objective is to put an end to public responsibility for education entirely.

The movement’s ultimate objective is to put an end to public responsibility for education entirely.

The movement’s ultimate objective is to put an end to public responsibility for education entirely.

The Grassroots Newsletter highlights the amazing work of many of over 195 advocacy groups that have joined us in the fight for public education.|The Grassroots Newsletter highlights the amazing work of many of over 195 advocacy groups that have joined us in the fight for public education.

The Grassroots Newsletter highlights the amazing work of many of over 195 advocacy groups that have joined us in the fight for public education.|The Grassroots Newsletter highlights the amazing work of many of over 195 advocacy groups that have joined us in the fight for public education.

At NPE, we know who is naughty and nice when it comes to supporting our public schools and their students.

Dr. Cassandra Ulbrich, former President of the Michigan Board of Education, gave powerful testimony before the Michigan House and Senate for increased charter school transparency.

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Before the election of 2020, Joe Biden made some exciting promises to educators. He said publicly at a televised event in Pittsburgh that he would get rid of the onerous federal testing mandate. An…

The proposed Educational Choice for Children Act of 2024 would create school vouchers on the federal level, and as with all voucher programs, the devil is in the details.

Oklahoma Republican Markwayne Mullin bought stock in Stride, an online school provider, while sitting on Senate education committee.

We cannot afford to continue to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into a program whose stewards are clearly asleep at the wheel.

The charter sector has a systemic failure problem. Our analysis documents just how serious that problem is.

We cannot afford to continue to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into a program whose stewards are clearly asleep at the wheel.