If Congress finally enacts a second relief package, it should treat public schools fairly and not allow charters to double-dip again.
Carol Burris interviewed 15 teachers, administrators, parents & students about returning to in-person schooling for this Answer Sheet blog.
More than 1,300 charters and their management companies secured between $925 million and $2.2 billion through the PPP.
NPE's Carol Burris provides comment for this piece on PPP loans that were disbursed to North Carolina charter schools.
The New York Times picked up a story we've been tracking - PPP loans, meant to help small businesses survive, going to publicly funded charter schools.
Listen to Diane Ravitch talk with CounterSpin about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to "reimagine" public education in the wake of COVID-19.
NPE's Carol Burris is quoted in this Washington Post article about PPP loans that were given to DC charter schools.
In this post, by Carol Burris, teachers, parents and principals tell their stories about how they are coping with the covid-19 crisis.
Make sure to read the open letter Diane Ravitch and Carol Burris wrote to Joe Biden in Valerie Strauss' Answer Sheet
