#SCHOOLVOUCHERSCAMS
Our Voucher School Scam$ page, which we began in September of 2023 in response to the recent flood of irresponsible universal voucher programs includes a sorting feature that allows you to search voucher scams by state and by 12 categories.
Public schools are under attack by Texas and national leaders | Opinion
Trump’s cruel assault on federally funded education and health care programs will result in disastrous long-term consequences impacting everyone in public education, particularly low-income children, kids with disabilities and first-generation college students.
Parents, teachers demanding state lawmakers to repeal school vouchers in Georgia
Parents, teachers demanding state lawmakers to repeal school vouchers in Georgia
Could School Vouchers Turn Off The Friday Night Lights?
The Texas High School Coaches Association sent a letter to members earlier this month urging them to call their state congress members and oppose the voucher system currently established in Senate Bill 2.
Trump order boosts school choice, but there’s little evidence vouchers lead to smarter students or better educational outcomes
We are professors who focus on education law, with special interests in educational equity and school choice programs. While proponents of school choice claim it leads to academic gains, we don’t see much evidence to support this view – but we do see the negative impact they sometimes have on public schools.
Texas And The Conservative Pushback On School Vouchers
That desire for accountability has sometimes put Republicans among the opponents of taxpayer-funded school vouchers. South Dakota Republicans just killed two bills intended to create expanded school voucher systems.
Private school vouchers and the illusion of choice
Despite being marketed as a “universal” school choice program, SB 2 is not about school choice. It’s about the SCHOOL’S choice.
Texas Teachers Association: Vouchers will financially damage public schools | Opinion
Several states with existing voucher programs have within a few years dramatically increased tax funding for private schools while reducing appropriations for public education. We believe something similar will happen in Texas,
Voters Reject Vouchers—Again!
What the defeat of private school choice measures in three states signals for the movement
Letter: School voucher programs are a scam
They take money from public schools and send it to private schools, which can promote any ideology they want and reject students for any reason.
Millions flow to wealthy families, pricey private schools under Florida’s voucher program
But at this school in the heart of one of Central Florida’s wealthiest communities, about 98 percent of students used taxpayer-funded scholarships worth roughly $8,000 to help pay tuition last year. Only three percent of St. Margaret Mary’s students got that state financial aid just one year earlier.
McMahon Hearing Shows Trump ‘Dead Set on Destroying Public Education’
“If confirmed, Linda McMahon will dismantle public education as we know it to fund tax cuts for billionaires,” one union leader warned.
Texas may allow families to pay for private schools with public funds
School voucher bill likely to benefit wealthier families, allowing $10,000 of taxpayer dollars per student per year
Opinion: Texas voucher bill will balloon in cost, reduce chances for future teacher pay raises, well-funded classrooms
Meanwhile, our already underfunded public schools would see their financial problems increase – and more teachers disappear from classrooms – as they continued to educate most of Texas’ students.
Letter: School voucher decision undermines very foundation of public education | OPINION
I am deeply disappointed in our Tennessee legislators for passing the school voucher bill, a decision that undermines the very foundation of public education.
Texas should learn from Arizona. Low-income families aren’t using school vouchers | Letters
Evidence out of Arizona shows that these and other barriers have led to a situation where lower income families are using the program less than wealthier ones. This directly contradicts many of the stated goals of Texas leaders’ private school subsidy program.
