POPS Library
What You Need to Know About Public Education Privatization
in Florida and the Nation

“Once people have the right information they can fix any problem”
sources
Keeping up with happenings in the public school system requires casting a wide net across the multi-media landscape, something that is surprisingly difficult in practice. Our experience is that the most important sources of information regarding public school privatization are first published online by think tanks, watchdog organizations, the government, and academia. Once published, the results, if deemed newsworthy, trickle down to national media, then local print media, and occasionally, the TV nightly news. The source disparity and low publication frequency make it difficult to develop ongoing insight into trends and factors impacting public education and student outcomes. Unfortunately, many “reports” and articles found online are expanded press releases touting the sponsoring organization’s biased perspective; more “bun” than “beef.” We have taken pains to exclude these items.
This library of source materials has been compiled by POPS Board Members, over time, from a variety of sources. Contents are grouped by topic area e.g. vouchers, charters, etc. Most materials within each group are online reports supplemented with investigative newspaper reports and articles. The library’s contents reflect POPS’ mission and focus on public school privatization issues. Every effort was made to find downloadable PDFs, giving the reader the opportunity to read and retain the report offline. We hope readers will read and then share the PDFs with interested friends and associates.
our catalog
- NPE (Network for Public Education) – The Hidden World of Charter Schools Operated for Financial Gain (2021)
- Princeton-Brookings – Charter Schools and the Achievement Gap (2018)
- LWV – Statewide Study on School Choice and Consensus Report on Charter Schools (2014)
- NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) – Charter Schools: A Survey of Research on Their Characteristics and Effectiveness (2015)
- Center for American Progress – Modernizing the Federal Charter Schools Program (2019)
- CMD (Center for Media and Democracy) – Charter School Black Hole: CMD Special Investigation Reveals Huge Info Gap on Charter Spending (2015)
- Leroy Collins Institute – Florida Charter Schools: Not as Good, or as Bad, as Advertised (2020)
- NPE (Network for Public Education) – Asleep at the Wheel (2019)
- NPE – Still Asleep at the Wheel (2019)
- Wash Post – Schools Out Charters were supposed to save public education. Why are Americans turning against them? (2019)
- Center for Popular Democracy – Charter School Vulnerabilities to Waste, Fraud and Abuse (2014)
- Center for Popular Democracy – Florida Charters Fall Short on State Assessments (2017)
- Integrity Florida – The Hidden Costs of Charter School Choice (2018)
- ITPI (In The Public Interest)– Brought to you by Wal-Mart (2014)
- NEPC (National Education Policy Center) – Changes in the Performance of Students in Charter and District Sectors of U.S. Education: An Analysis of Nationwide Trends.(2020)
- WLRN Radio – Chartered: Florida’s First Private Takeover of A Public School System (2019)
NEPC – Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: 15th ED (2021)
- Palm Beach Post – New state Senate bill exposes steady march of voucher-education in Florida schools – (2021)
- Orlando Sentinel – Schools Without Rules: An Orlando Sentinel Investigation – (Series 2017-2018)
- NYTimes – Dismal Voucher Results Surprise Researchers as DeVos Era Begins (2017)
- Center for American Progress – The Highly Negative Impacts of Vouchers (2018)
- Orlando Sentinel – Florida investigates Voucher School after a teacher’s arrest and does nothing. Again. (2021)
- Fund Ed Now – 1999-2019: The Political Agenda to Defund & Dismantle Florida Public Schools (2019)
- FlaglerLive.com – How School-Voucher Lobbyist John Kirtley Buys Florida Lawmakers’ Votes (2011)
- Orlando Sentinel Commentary– Florida lets voucher schools hire dropouts as teachers … and keep it secret (2020)
- Econ Studies at Brookings – On the Negative Effects of Vouchers
- FL/DoE – Annual Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Reports (20110-2019)
- The Center for Popular Democracy – Transforming Struggling Schools into Thriving Schools (2016)
- LPI (Learning Policy Institute) – Community Schools the New Mexico Way (2021)
- ITPI Blog – Community Schools are Stepping up in the Pandemic (2021)
- ITPI – Costly Failure: California wasting millions of dollars funding online charter schools (2021)
- NEPC – The Reality Behind the Summit Learning Program and the Push to Adopt Digital Personalized Learning Programs (2020)
- NEPS Review – Remote Learning is Here to Stay (2021)
NEPC – Virtual Schools in the U.S. (2017)
- Briefing – Quick Overview of School Privatization in Florida
- Briefing – School Privatization Issues – the POPS Perspective w Q&A
- Briefing- Manasota Community Partnership Schools Fact Sheet
- Critical Times Article – Community Partnership Schools (2019)
- Critical Times Article -Voucher Schools in Sarasota (2019)
- Herald Tribune Editorial-Savings Accounts Proposal-Bad for FL Schools (2021)
- POPS Parent leaflet (April 2019)
- Timeline of Florida Education Reform & Privatization (2018)
- Archbridge Institute – Promoting Skills (2020)
- Heckman Equation – Heckman The Economics of Human Potential (University of Chicago)
- Heckman Equation – Early childhood education strengthens families and can break the cycle of poverty (2019)
- Angela Duckworth (Book) – Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016)
- McKinsey & Company – How To Improve Student Educational Outcomes (2015)
- The Economist – How to Make a Good Teacher (2016)
- Doug Lemov (Book) – Teach Like a Champion 2.0 (2015)
- Ed Next – Nudging And Shoving Students Towards Success (2017)
- FL/DoE – Education Outcomes and Demographics by School (2012-2019)
- FL/DoE – Guide to Calculating District Grades (2012-2019)
- Sun Sentinel – Proposal to restrict Bright Futures aid to students (2021)
- NPE Action – Twenty Years Later: The Jeb Bush A+ Plan Fails Florida’s Students (2019)
- Democratic Left – Subverting Big Money’s Attack on Public Education (2015)
- Ed Week – Education Reform as We Know It is Over. What Have We Learned? (2019)
- CMD – Arizona “Ground Zero” for Koch Attack on Public Education (2018)
- IMI (Independent Media Institute) – Charter Schools Movement Sees a Growth Opportunity in Public School Funding Cuts (2021)
- LWVFL (LWV Florida) – Charter Schools: References of Interest (links to references)
- NEP – Listing of Education Think Tank Report Reviews: Education Reports & Studies Reviewed by the National Education Policy Center
Education Next – Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education (2021)
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