The kit is a series of thirteen pdf files, suitable for creating a two-sided one sheet explainer for some of the central questions of the privatization movement. The sheets are loaded with footnoted facts and not simply rhetorical gnashing of teeth. The thirteen questions addressed are:
Are charter schools truly public schools?
Do charter schools and school vouchers "hurt" public schools?
Do charter schools get better academic results than public schools?
Are charter schools and vouchers a civil rights issue?
Are charter schools "more accountable" than public schools?
Do charter schools profit from educating students?
Do school vouchers help kids in struggling schools?
Are charter schools innovative?
Are online charter schools good options for families?
Do "Education Savings Accounts" lead to better results for families?
Do education tax credit scholarships provide opportunity?
Are tax credit scholarships vouchers by a different name?
Do charter schools and vouchers save money?
There's also a link for downloading all thirteen in one fell swoop, if you are a one fell swoop kind of person.
These are quick, simple, handy tools for getting the word out and educating folks. Fact-based, sourced, and all on one piece of paper, these are just the thing to leave in the lounge or hand to people when you really want them to understand how privatization is hurting public education, but you just don't have the words.
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