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Defending Public Education as a Public Good

The growing efforts to direct public funding to private and religious schools through vouchers, education savings accounts, and tuition tax credits pose a significant threat to public education. Such efforts increase the likelihood of segregated schools and create a fragmented, market-based education system where schools prioritize profit over comprehensive education. As new mechanisms to weaken the U.S. public education system gain ground, policymakers and advocates must act to adequately fund public education, implement safeguards for choice programs, and demand greater accountability and transparency from private schools and nontraditional public schools.

This series investigates critical issues relating to school choice and offers recommendations for how policymakers and advocates can increase the oversight and accountability of nontraditional public schools, eliminate disparities in educational access for marginalized students, and improve funding and resource allocation for traditional public schools.

An elementary school classroom is seen in Jericho, New York, June 23, 2022.
An elementary school classroom is seen in Jericho, New York, June 23, 2022. (Getty/Jeffrey Basinger)

Building an Economy for All, Education, Education, K-12, Educational Resource Equity, Quality in Education

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Who Pays for Choice? The Threat Privatization Poses to Public Education Upcoming Event

Who Pays for Choice? The Threat Privatization Poses to Public Education

Join CAP and NCLD for a virtual event about the growing trend of privatizing public education and unpack the real costs of school choice, revealing how it affects students, weakens local schools, and strains communities.

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Introducing a Framework for Private School Voucher Accountability Report
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Introducing a Framework for Private School Voucher Accountability

As privatization efforts to redirect funding from public K-12 schools to private institutions continue to expand, an accountability framework for private voucher programs must be implemented to ensure positive student outcomes and thorough oversight of taxpayer dollars.

Weadé James, Tania Otero Martinez

The Importance of Holding Microschools Accountable Report
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The Importance of Holding Microschools Accountable

As school choice expands and new models such as microschools emerge, policymakers and advocates must ensure that these options adhere to accountability standards and do not divert critical resources from a universally accessible, high-quality public education system.

Tania Otero Martinez, Paige Shoemaker DeMio

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