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Kaplan, Leslie S.; Owings, William A. – Journal of Education Finance, 2018
Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos wants to privatize American education using charter schools, vouchers, tax credit scholarships, education savings accounts, and portable federal funds. Court and legislative decisions are facilitating these ends. Understanding the school choice agenda and its fiscal, academic, and legal aspects can help…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Privatization
Miner, Barbara – Rethinking Schools, 2010
Teach for America (TFA) is perceived as a major player in the education wars over the future of public schools, and a key ally of those who disparage teacher unions and schools of education, and who are enamored of entrepreneurial reforms that bolster the privatization of a once-sacred public responsibility. But what exactly is TFA's role in these…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Educational Change, Reputation