#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.
Out-of-staters misrepresent Arkansas voucher data to champion school privatization
There are several problems with the article’s argument, but let’s start with the obvious: Arkansas families are not flocking en masse to public education alternatives.
The Early Word: Wealthier families get school vouchers; Guard arrives today
The Early Word: Wealthier families get school vouchers; Guard arrives today
LETTERS: Appleton reader says vouchers for private schools deprive public schools
I support families having the choice to attend private and religious schools. What I do not support is the rest of the district making sacrifices to fund the religious choices of a few.
Critics of Tennessee’s school voucher program worry that it leaves kids with disabilities behind
“What we know is that a private school, unlike a public school, doesn’t have to admit a student with a disability,” she told WPLN News. “So right off the bat, we have a problem in terms of access.”
South Bend forum speakers see charter schools and vouchers as threats to public education
“We lose our democracy,” said Oletha Jones, education chair for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People South Bend (NAACP), at the “Here Come the Privatizers!” community forum, laying out what she saw as the stakes of allowing public education to fail.
Lawmakers react to new data about expanded school voucher program
Data shows white students received the most vouchers, along with other disparities between the public school population and voucher recipients.
School Vouchers Cost States Like Florida a Fortune. They Don’t Improve Education, Either.
There’s nothing ‘conservative’ about giving away billions in tax dollars without accountability.
Mississippi towns say ‘no’ to school choice as state-level push continues
‘I know there’s no current bill on the table, but we wanted to get out in front of it and say we’re not for this as a concept.’ — Clinton Alderman Chip Wilbanks
Georgia’s school voucher program isn’t good for separation of church and state
Preliminary data shows the state funds designated for the program are going to religious-affiliated schools. Of the top dozen private schools receiving funds, all but one is religiously affiliated, according to an analysis by the Georgia Recorder.
Neighborhood schools are closing across Arizona. It’s because of vouchers.
Instead of investing in local public schools to meet students’ needs and ward off school closures to ensure equal access to quality neighborhood schools, Republican state lawmakers voted to force through universal ESA vouchers, which are now draining a massive $1 billion a year to instead pay for private, for-profit models that pick and choose students.
In Memphis, more private school vouchers going to affluent areas
A deeper dive into the data breaks down ZIP codes in the Memphis metro area. The numbers also show a disparity between those living in more marginalized communities versus those in more affluent.
Private Equity Is Set to Profit From New School Vouchers
The school voucher provision in Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is expected to transfer billions of dollars to private schools and companies that contract with public school districts. That includes companies owned by private equity firms.
Arkansas Educational Freedom Account program cost could top $326M, report finds
A Sept. 18 report to the Education Department obtained by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette through a Freedom of Information Act request lists the total amount of Educational Freedom Account funds to be awarded as $326,148,043.00. That amount well exceeds the $277.4 million in current general revenue funding for the accounts program.
Tennessee won’t track how many students with disabilities benefit from new voucher program
Tennessee isn’t tracking how many students with disabilities enroll in its new statewide education voucher program, the latest concern for education advocates who say the program needs to be more transparent.
Idaho must reject the voucher scheme and recommit to strengthening public schools
Separate but equal is inherently unequal. No amount of mental gymnastics or rationalization will change this fact. Diverting public funds to selective private schools undermines the level playing field Brown vs. Board of Education established over 70 years ago. Idaho’s voucher scheme leads us down a road that will not rewrite history, but it will repeat it.