AFT, Nonprofit Launch ‘Cashing in on Kids’ Website, Spur Controversy
Michele Moinar
Education Week
February 27th, 2014
For-profit education is being put under the microscope in the new ‘Cashing in on Kids’ website, a collaboration between the American Federation of Teachers and In the Public Interest that takes on the five largest for-profit charter school organizations in the country.
Kara Kerwin, president of The Center for Education Reform, a Washington organization that advocates for charters and school choice, issued a strong response to the launch today.
“[T]his latest campaign against education reform irresponsibly suggests that profit and student success are mutually exclusive, ignoring the fact that K-12 education in the U.S. is a $607 billion enterprise annually,” Kerwin indicated.
