#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.
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.
7 reasons why vouchers are not the answer to a Texas education
As the Texas Legislature considers Senate Bill 2, As the Texas Legislature considers Senate Bill 2, the governor’s “school choice” voucher program, I feel obliged to express my concerns with the concept of funneling tax dollars to parents in an attempt to weaken public schools in Texas:
the governor’s “school choice” voucher program, I feel obliged to express my concerns with the concept of funneling tax dollars to parents in an attempt to weaken public schools in Texas
Who Really Benefits from School Vouchers?
I do not pretend to know the motivation of Jeff Yass. But I do know that Mr. Yass is not a Texan, and I also know that Texas is not for sale.
House Democrats criticize Gov. Greg Abbott’s school voucher plan
“Is it OK to take our hard-earned tax dollars and give it to rich people who didn’t even ask for it?” asked caucus chair Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston.
Welfare for the wealthy’: House Democrats urge Texans to fight against school vouchers
Democratic House members fired back, accusing the governor of furthering the agendas of billionaire political donors at the expense of the state’s public schoolchildren.
Here’s what tax dollars will fund with the Texas school voucher bill
There are many reasons for Texans to oppose school vouchers, including that they are tools used to enforce racial segregation and to harm students with disabilities whom private schools are not legally obligated to accept.
Even if school vouchers come to Texas, we don’t have to choose to use them
School voucher proponents are having quite a moment, but believers in public education should not give up hope.
Distant Dome: Another Side to Vouchers and Learning
And neither does he mention the fact that New Hampshire is dead last in state support for public education and its education funding system is one of the most regressive in the country meaning it taxes lower income taxpayers a much higher percentage of their income than those on the other end of the economic scale.
Texas senators fast-track school voucher bill for full vote
The Senate could vote on the proposal as soon as next week. Democrats on Tuesday criticized the bill saying it fails to prioritize the state’s neediest children.
Trump’s latest executive order overreaches to steal money from public school students to fund private school vouchers
Trump is using his Project 2025 playbook to privatize education because he knows vouchers have repeatedly been a failure in Congress and rejected by voters at the ballot box
In the Wild West of School Voucher Expansions, States Rely on Untested Companies, With Mixed Results
States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, convoluted marketplace of school-choice programs. The process has been bumpy.