2019-03-03

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Knowing Better

Privatization is supposed to lower costs, improve efficiency, and improve quality. Does that line of thinking work in public services?

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Thanks to Lindsay Ellis for lending her voice:

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How Privatisation Fails: Railways - Shaun - https://youtu.be/nP95Frc0v4k

Charter Schools: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - https://youtu.be/l_htSPGAY7I

PragerU Videos

Why Teachers Unions Don't Want School Choice - https://youtu.be/PnQu8iRiVYU

Are Charter Schools Better Than Public Schools? - https://youtu.be/S2vcuBNM1YU

School Choice Saved My Life - https://youtu.be/lyIOPmldKfQ

The Top 5 Issues Facing Black Americans - https://youtu.be/faolY5_hnIc

The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party - https://youtu.be/g_a7dQXilCo

Who Are the Racists: Conservatives or Liberals? - https://youtu.be/7VBAEJlR4pk

Just Say "Merry Christmas" - https://youtu.be/mwVpTYez82w

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PragerU Studies:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2777633

https://urbancharters.stanford.edu/download/Urban%20Charter%20School%20Study%20Report%20on%2041%20Regions.pdf

NAEP Data Explorer:

https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/nde

Additional Sources and Reading:

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/profiting-enforcement-role-private-prisons-us-immigration-detention

https://www.moneycrashers.com/privatization-definition-public-works/

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/17/05/battle-over-charter-schools

https://www.federationforchildren.org/national-school-choice-poll-shows-67-of-voters-support-school-choice-2019/

https://www.propublica.org/article/trashed-inside-the-deadly-world-of-private-garbage-collection

https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/blog-post/us-education-secretary-betsy-devos-reopens-charter-school-debate

https://www.heritage.org/education/report/how-escalating-education-spending-killing-crucial-reform

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d17/tables/dt17_213.10.asp?current=yes

https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/latest-test-scores-show-charter-schools-closing-gap

http://www.nea.org/home/16332.htm

http://www.data-first.org/questions/how-do-charter-schools-compare-to-regular-public-schools-in-student-performance/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/magazine/michigan-gambled-on-charter-schools-its-children-lost.html

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/dec/04/jeff-sessions/violent-crime-some-still-well-historical-highs/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/private-prisons-help-overcrowding-cost

https://www.publiccharters.org/sites/default/files/documents/2018-03/FINAL%20Estimated%20Public%20Charter%20School%20Enrollment%252c%202017-18_0.pdf

http://www.publiccharters.org/sites/default/files/migrated/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/EER_Report_V5.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/file/886311/download

https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_%26_Criminal_Justice

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Photo Credits -

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/world/middleeast/trump-troops-syria-.html

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/t/no-pay-no-spray-firefighters-let-home-burn/#.XHiRCohKguU

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