It’s always wonderful to read about a neighborhood public school where the children thrive, the community pitches in, and the teachers and administrators go above and beyond to make the school a success.  Last fall, the Philadelphia Inquirer profiled such a school: Lingelbach Elementary in Germantown. Test scores were up beyond expectation, behavior problems down. […]

North Carolina students continue to pay the price for state leaders’ ideological push to wantonly expand charter schools. It’s becoming increasingly common for …

Arizona's universal school voucher program (ESA) faces scrutiny & fraud allegations over its $1 billion cost for 92,000 students, fueling a political conflict between Republican Superintendent Tom Horne and Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes.

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 […]

Some Tennessee private schools receiving state-funded vouchers exclude LGBTQ+ students and those with disabilities, raising concerns about discrimination.

The majority of voucher recipients in those counties came from families with incomes exceeding $170,000.

Pro-public education groups and individuals are challenging House Bill 93’s private-school voucher program.Amid the ongoing lawsuit, they have issued the follow

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio spent nearly $1.1 billion on state voucher programs last year, with most support going to Christian schools. According to newly released state data for the 2024-2025 school year, Ohio spent $1.095 billion on its scholarship programs last year, 71% of which was paid to EdChoice and EdChoice-Exp programs. See previous […]

'The Schools of Hope expansion is yet another scheme to strip local control from districts.'

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

From book bans to teacher qualifications, our new report examines the laws and policies that support or undermine each state’s public schools and the students who attend them.

Whether you call it “school choice” or vouch­ers, privat­iz­a­tion of edu­ca­tion social­izes all the costs of edu­ca­tion but privat­izes all the bene­fits. So under “school choice,” all Mis­sis­sippi tax­pay­ers will pay for wealthy kids to go to...

A new issue advocacy nonprofit in Tennessee is fighting for goals that will effectively end public education in our state. While state leaders consider expanding the state’s private school coupon p…

From book bans to teacher qualifications, our new report examines the laws and policies that support or undermine each state’s public schools and the students who attend them.

National Center for Charter School Accountability NCCSA National Center for Charter School Accountability The National Center for Charter School Accountability provides research and recommendations on increasing transparency and accountability for charter schools. Get the Facts In the News Contact Us Reports Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment, and Cost Part I: Decline is the first installment […]

Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she and Carol Burris discuss her recently released memoir. An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else is a beautifully written account of both the personal and professional growth of this hero of public education. This is a discussion you will not want to […]

Over one million students have been stranded by charter school closures. Read this startling report on how and why thousands of charter schools shut down.