Charter School Scandals tells you all you want to know about the serious problems found with charter schools across the nation. Sharon Higgins also blogs on The Broad Report and The Perimeter Primate. Archived Information.

Stop Rocketship Education Now! information concerning Rocketship Charter Schools. The site involves feedback from 50 members of the community of Washington/Tamien in Santa Clara and San Jose, CA. They cover Rocketship’s education program and the troubling impact Rocketship has had on their local school district. It includes a Latino information page and a petition, but it is archived information.

Southern Poverty Law Center nonprofit civil rights organization with a long history dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry. They seek justice for the most vulnerable members of society. They represented students with disabilities in New Orleans. Their publications are about fighting hate, teaching tolerance, and seeking justice.

Reports

Network for Public Education’s Asleep at the Wheel: How the Federal Charters School Program Takes Taxpayers and Students for a Ride.   

Network for Public Education’s Still Asleep at the Wheel: How the Federal Charters School Program Results in a Pileup of Fraud and Waste.

Scott, Janelle. 2009. “The Politics of Venture Philanthropy in Charter School Policy and Advocacy.” Educational Policy. 23 (1): 106-136.  

 

Books

The Charter School Dust-Up:Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement, by Martin Carnoy, Rebecca Jacobsen, Lawrence Mishel, and Richard Rothstein

What’s Public About Charter Schools? Lessons Learned About Choice and Accountability by Gary Miron and Christopher Nelson

Where Charter School Policy Fails: The Problems of Accountability and Equity Edited by Amy Wells