Charter schools have been in the news a lot in the last several weeks. The New York Times recently reported that charter schools in New York City are driving the re-segregating of the city's schools. Democracy Now! also reported on Philadelphia's school district announcement last month without any advance warning or hearings that it would completely privatize its schools in the next few years by handing them over to for-profit and non-profit corporations to run them in networks (eg, chains). This weekend Free Speech Radio News is running a 30 minute Memorial Day investigative special report about charter schools and privatization. For an overview of the impact of charter school privatization you can now watch the documentary The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman on line. It is a case study of the movement against charter schools in NYC produced by city teachers. Yours truly will also appear on KPFA's The Morning Mix program soon to speak about our own fight against the threat of charter school backdoor privatization of our school district.
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