Knowing Better's video: Privatizing Public Services Prisons and Schools

Privatization is supposed to lower costs, improve efficiency, and improve quality. Does that line of thinking work in public services? Check out CuriosityStream at http://www.curiositystream.com/knowingbetter Use the promo code "knowingbetter" for your first month free! Website ► http://knowingbetter.tv Store ► http://standard.tv/knowingbetter Patreon ► http://patreon.com/knowingbetter Paypal ► http://paypal.me/knowingbetter Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KnowingBetterYT Twitch ► https://twitch.tv/knowingbetteryt Facebook ► https://facebook.com/KnowingBetterYT/ Instagram ► https://instagram.com/knowingbetteryt Reddit ► https://reddit.com/r/KnowingBetter/ --- Thanks to Lindsay Ellis for lending her voice: https://www.youtube.com/user/chezapoctube https://twitter.com/thelindsayellis --- How Privatisation Fails: Railways - Shaun - https://youtu.be/nP95Frc0v4k Charter Schools: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - https://youtu.be/l_htSPGAY7I PragerU Videos Why Teachers Unions Don't Want School Choice - https://youtu.be/PnQu8iRiVYU Are Charter Schools Better Than Public Schools? - https://youtu.be/S2vcuBNM1YU School Choice Saved My Life - https://youtu.be/lyIOPmldKfQ The Top 5 Issues Facing Black Americans - https://youtu.be/faolY5_hnIc The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party - https://youtu.be/g_a7dQXilCo Who Are the Racists: Conservatives or Liberals? - https://youtu.be/7VBAEJlR4pk Just Say "Merry Christmas" - https://youtu.be/mwVpTYez82w --- PragerU Studies: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2777633 https://urbancharters.stanford.edu/download/Urban%20Charter%20School%20Study%20Report%20on%2041%20Regions.pdf NAEP Data Explorer: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/nde Additional Sources and Reading: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/profiting-enforcement-role-private-prisons-us-immigration-detention https://www.moneycrashers.com/privatization-definition-public-works/ https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/17/05/battle-over-charter-schools https://www.federationforchildren.org/national-school-choice-poll-shows-67-of-voters-support-school-choice-2019/ https://www.propublica.org/article/trashed-inside-the-deadly-world-of-private-garbage-collection https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/blog-post/us-education-secretary-betsy-devos-reopens-charter-school-debate https://www.heritage.org/education/report/how-escalating-education-spending-killing-crucial-reform https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d17/tables/dt17_213.10.asp?current=yes https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/latest-test-scores-show-charter-schools-closing-gap http://www.nea.org/home/16332.htm http://www.data-first.org/questions/how-do-charter-schools-compare-to-regular-public-schools-in-student-performance/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/magazine/michigan-gambled-on-charter-schools-its-children-lost.html https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/dec/04/jeff-sessions/violent-crime-some-still-well-historical-highs/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/private-prisons-help-overcrowding-cost https://www.publiccharters.org/sites/default/files/documents/2018-03/FINAL%20Estimated%20Public%20Charter%20School%20Enrollment%252c%202017-18_0.pdf http://www.publiccharters.org/sites/default/files/migrated/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/EER_Report_V5.pdf https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/file/886311/download https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_%26_Criminal_Justice --- Photo Credits - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/US_incarceration_timeline-clean.svg/1024px-US_incarceration_timeline-clean.svg.png https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/U0YlrTTCYi550Z4py1MNVenNt-E1oi5vqbMX2nSIAvMVfGW-XDI9VOPjUOa9wKI7fnxsoWyv7kLrHKfJg7iMGIpDNvNC99uBoQXMbuTEqsqTzvYVcBkSKamYcIRn7E0bTHAFop3w https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/world/middleeast/trump-troops-syria-.html http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/t/no-pay-no-spray-firefighters-let-home-burn/ #.XHiRCohKguU https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Chicago_Skyway_318313pv.jpg https://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2018/4/8/48951147-15231907785120492_origin.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/BR-logo.svg/1024px-BR-logo.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/NHS-Logo.svg/800px-NHS-Logo.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Betsy_DeVos_official_portrait.jpg/614px-Betsy_DeVos_official_portrait.jpg --- Intro/Outro and Background Music by Michael Cotten/Nomad http://www.mwcotten.com Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/album/0zCYP8rPoTWYoldR70bIiI Amazon ► https://amzn.to/2zbsfHd Intro Art and Channel Avatar by PoetheWonderCat https://twitter.com/ThatCatNamedPoe --- Hashtags: --- This video was sponsored by CuriosityStream.