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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. 

01/19/2025

Op-Ed: Reading Between the Lines of Education Freedom Account Expansion

If the bill passes, it won’t be long before money is drained and the squeeze is on public education because of the new education system set up by the legislature that many told the committee last week lacks accountability and transparency.

01/18/2025

Hobbs targets ‘entitlement’ vouchers in $17.7B budget plan

Gov. Katie Hobbs’ budget proposal aims to reduce spending on private school vouchers — which her staff described as an “entitlement” for wealthy Arizonans.

01/16/2025

Why school officials are speaking out against vouchers

Several South Dakota school officials are voicing their opposition to state legislative proposals to create programs to fund scholarships for kids to attend private schools or other alternative instruction like home-schooling or microschools.

01/14/2025

School vouchers are not the answer. Here’s how to make education better in TN. | Opinion

While I appreciate the goal of empowering parents with more choices, I firmly believe we cannot afford to weaken our public school system in the process.

01/13/2025

Arizona’s school vouchers: $33M sold vs. actual cost of $800M reveals shocking truth | Opinion

I’m reminded of that exciting reveal when the topic of school vouchers arises. In Arizona, an education savings account program (aka vouchers) was sold to taxpayers at a cost of $33M. Actual retail price: $800M. And rising. That’s a 323% increase in two years.

01/12/2025

Legislators, it’s not too late to do the right thing: Stop the school voucher program

A plea for sanity to Arkansas legislators on LEARNS vouchers, poverty and doing what’s best for our state.

01/09/2025

The ugly truth about school vouchers

The SC ACLU offers 6 reasons why South Carolina can’t afford to throw away money on private schools

01/08/2025

Letter: School vouchers undermine public education

Janet Midthun writes, “For those North Dakotans that live in rural communities, the question of “school choice” is moot – who would send their kid 100 miles to the closest private school?”

01/08/2025

School voucher sticker shock: sold to Arizona taxpayers for $33 million with an $800 million cost

If voucher programs are meant to create competition in the system, I have to ask: who wants losers in education? Public school contestants may have to shuffle off the Price is Right stage while their private school competition wins yet another trip to Hawaii. To me, that price is wrong.

01/08/2025

Town hall held in opposition to Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher bill

On Tuesday, the organization Public School Strong TN held a virtual “Stop the Voucher Scam” Town Hall to share their concerns about Governor Bill Lee’s voucher plan.

01/07/2025

Arkansas school voucher money would be better spent on public schools

Data shows student learning is harmed by large-scale funding transfer to private schools

01/06/2025

Vouchers ‘a bad idea’ for North Dakota

So-called educational vouchers are schemes that use public dollars to pay private school parents for their children’s private school tuition. They are a bad idea for North Dakota.

01/05/2025

Letter | End the school voucher scam

We must call out any elected official who supports vouchers and school choice. You can easily access information through DPI on how much your local public school is paying out in private school tuition and how much they are being reimbursed for their special education costs.

01/05/2025

Education for Sale: How the ECCA Empowers Corporations and Weakens Public Schools

This would effectively create a national framework for “school choice” that bypasses state-level decisions, opening the door for a significant reallocation of federal funds towards private education.

01/04/2025

Don’t get distracted by universal vouchers

But I caution you to not be distracted by this effort. Indiana essentially already has universal vouchers, and this final step is actually very small. There are other education policies that do deserve your attention, though.