“In the Public Interest” reports:
1) National: A report released last week by the Institute for College Access & Success says that former students of for-profit colleges account for nearly half (44%) of all federal student loan defaults. “For-profit colleges also continue to have a much higher average default rate than other types of schools: 19.1 percent, compared to 12.9 percent at public colleges and 7.2 percent at nonprofit colleges.” Among other steps, the Institute recommends cracking down on default rates through administrative actions and an upcoming rulemaking.
“National: Gordon Lafer digs into the goals and strategy of the charter school industry. He reports that “a new type of segregation” is at hand. “The charter industry seeks to build a new system of segregated education—one divided by class and geography rather than explicitly by race. (…) The US Chamber of Commerce, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Americans for Prosperity and their legislative allies are promoting an ambitious, two-pronged agenda for poor cities: replace public schools with privately run charter schools, and replace teachers with technology.”
Diane Ravitch's blog 
More privatization scams (although not related to education this time): http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/09/heres-yet-another-rage-inducing-scam-american-health-care-system
It should be noted that computer assisted instruction for lower socio-economic groups has yielded dismal results thus far. Poor children seem to do better when they can make and social and emotional connection to their teachers. The providers see this as a cheap solution for those they perceive deserve less.
You left out how low incident disabled students ( autism, intellectual disabilities, deaf, blind, CP and others) were also being denied school choice and there funding is shrinking despite a growth in autism and ADHD rates. Again more segregation and more violation of children’s and students Civil Rights.
This sadly was my very own experience at a charter school and what I continue to experience through public school. ABA the one thing we know actually improve autistic children’s understanding is denied or given only on a consult basis through under trained teacher’s who are suppose to pass on what little they know to teacher assistance. Texas prefers to leave autistic children spinning in corners of rooms rather then meet the challenge. They make what would be middle class families poor, since they must pay outside sources to provide services the schools should be performing. Even two college educated parents often times are financially strapped between begging schools, paying advocates, using personal funds, and quitting a job so one parent can do the job that the schools are unwilling to perform. Often times these parents work in jobs that do not have easily manipulated paychecks and do not qualify for further social services.
This is wrong!
Not even offered at charter schools, who only line is,” Oh, we don’t offer this just right now,” Long pause and a wait for the parents to just leave. It’s criminal, but not enforced with the Dept. of Ed., since it not criminal enough and politicians like campaign donations from charter schools. What is even worse yet is how a cheep education and the diversion of charter school educational funding is finding it’s way to places like Turkey through the use and funding of our US charter school system. It is OUTRAGEOUS that most these schools or of low quality and that the Turkish Muslims can open many more actual religious Muslim schools across the globe that do not reflect US values of Civil Rights which is what our Constitution and the Bill of Rights is based off of. We are such a stupid country… we are doing ourselves in.
I am not opposed to charter or private schools. Who really knows what qualifications a person has to run a school. Sure, you could pass the state test and have graduated from college with a degree in education, but what does that really say. We all know the old joke, “What do you call the guy who finished last in medical school….doctor”! Long before the monopoly on education our country appointed people to be teachers. Some good, some bad. In fact, just because you want to be a teacher, just because you graduated with a teaching degree and just because you found a district to hire does not in any way guarantee you will be a good teacher, let alone a great one. My ancestors are responsible for starting at least 4 schools in the state of Connecticut. Some of those draw student from around the world and at the time they too were what we call privatized schools.
Do you need to know how to run a school in order to over see a school? If so, that calls into question the largest privatized school systems in the US; the municipal schools. After all they are all owned by an incorporated entity; the town. They are run by superintendents who may have some teaching experience, but don’t count on it being worth much past a grade or school level. That is, the high school teacher or principal who gets promoted to Superintendent knows little about elementary schools and those in them. In the business world, the smart CEO relies on key personnel to give guidance. You could even reason that given the skill set of running a school is better aligned with running a business and as such a CEO would be better qualified to run the schools.
Given where we are as a nation, just below average internationally in education, it would stand to reason that what we have been doing is not working and it may be time to try something new. That fact that private schools are picking up the best students is not because they are seeking the brightest, but rather because parents are not willing to settle for mediocrity when better exists. Ask yourself this question, “If we are just above average in the global world of education does that mean that our A+ students are just average in a global market”? what does that mean for our C students and our economy if we do’t fix it?