The first step in stopping the privatization of public schools movement is to understand it. This report grades the states based on their willingness to commit exclusively or primarily to democratically governed public schools open to all, but t heir willingness to put sufficient guardrails and limits on publicly-funded alternatives to ensure that taxpayers, students, and families are protected from discrimination, corruption and fraud in the programs they have. The goal of NPE is to connect , and to share information and research on vital issues that concern the future of public education at a time when it is under attack by monied interests.