We know some people are being told that tax credit “scholarships” are not vouchers, but As Josh Cowen explains, if it’s money that gets used for private school costs and you have to leave the public schools to use them, they’re vouchers. Not all vouchers are tax credit “scholarships,” (some...
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Despite lofty promises, Louisiana’s private-school vouchers fall short
Vouchers don’t help poor kids-they hurt them, in Louisiana and everywhere else. As Diane Ravitch explains, “Remember the claim that vouchers would ‘save poor kids from failing public schools’? As we see in state after state, it’s not true. Josh Cowen wrote in his new book The Privateers that voucher...
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It’s so important to be informed about how harmful vouchers are as we head into the next legislative session. Our own Judith Deedy will be on this panel with Josh Cowen, author of The Privateers, and Leah Fliter from KASB. Join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/442080432175980...
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No comments Vouchers, Culture Wars, and “Spaghetti Hate” – Two Book Recommendations from Game On
We learned a new word today. “Spaghetti-hate” refers to the barrage of book bans, anti-CRT, anti-DEI, anti-social emotional learning, anti-LGBTQ and trans rhetoric, accusations of litter boxes in schools, etc. that we’ve seen over the past several years. As explained in The Education Wars, “Well-funded groups are throwing issue after...
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