Kansas has its own “scholarship” aka voucher program. Data continue to accumulate indicating these programs are not helping students. “How bad are school vouchers for students? Far worse than most people imagine. Indeed, according to the analysis conducted by the authors of this report, the use of school vouchers—which provide...
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Huffington Post Opinion Piece on ‘School Choice’
Thanks to our friends at Network for Public Education for bringing this article to our attention. “So many of the choices that we make, personally and collectively, are about running away from this history. At some point, instead of fleeing and hunting for the next shiny scheme, we have to...
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In case anyone still has doubts about whether tax credit scholarships are part of a greater effort to privatize public education, here’s an article from Heartland Institute from 2002. (Heartland is part of the ALEC State Policy Network and includes the Koch network among its funders.) “The way to privatize...
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No comments Washington Post Article on DeVos Dept. of Ed. Cuts to Support Vouchers
“More than $1 billion would be spent on private school vouchers and other school choice plans under the budget proposal released Monday by President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos… “The proposal would cut $3.6 billion — about 5 percent — from the Education Department by eliminating several discretionary programs,...
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