#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.
Report: Despite options, Milwaukee children struggle in both public and private schools
Nicole Armendariz, spokesperson for MPS, said the voucher school system was created with the promise that it would lift all students, but the report makes it clear it hasn’t.
The lie of school choice
Voucher pushers want you to believe that diverting state funds to private schools will create choices for children who don’t currently have them. The data tell us otherwise.
The new and radical school voucher push is quietly unwinding two centuries of U.S. education tradition
It represents not just a change in policy or strategy but a rejection of three foundational traditions: separation of church and state, anti-discrimination, and public accountability for educational processes and outcomes funded by taxes.
Why Trump Can’t Disavow His Support for Project 2025
In fact, many of the policy ideas from Project 2025 are already in place or are rolling out in red states such as Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Florida. One policy area from Project 2025 that is particularly pernicious is its plan for schools, which includes criminally prosecuting teachers and librarians and replacing public education with for-profit schools, homeschooling, and Christian nationalist indoctrination.
Rural Texans Speak Out Against Vouchers
“I grew up in a rural farming community,” said stay-at-home mom Afton Chrissey. “I’m a product of public schools because, in our community, there were no private school options. Your constituents in rural areas do not benefit from vouchers.”
Ohio State Fair was a vehicle to inform the public about divisive private school voucher issues
This year, a colleague and I greeted nearly two hundred Ohioans who stopped by our booth one day to learn more about the EdChoice Voucher Expansion scheme sneaked through the legislature at the end of a session, hidden in the budget details like a Russian nesting doll.
Houston-area school districts warn of continued severe cuts if voucher fight keeps funds tied up in state legislature
“The governor and the Senate insisted that schools would get no new dollars, teachers wouldn’t get raises, and students wouldn’t get new funding unless they got their way on vouchers. That’s why we’re in this mess,” Capo added.
Not fair for taxpayer dollars to pay for private school vouchers – Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Like most Iowans, I believe in fairness. I believe that my tax dollars should be spent for public goods – public education, public roads (article requires subscription)
Hamilton County public school students outperform private school voucher recipients on state tests
As Tennessee’s education savings account program begins its second year in Hamilton County, data shows that county students attending public schools outperformed those receiving vouchers to attend private schools on state tests.
Were school voucher programs used to evade integration after Brown v. Board of Education?
Several Southern states established school voucher programs to evade integration in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that deemed race-based segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Cold numbers could reduce school voucher fever
Idaho has 120 private schools and 41,000 K-12 students that are not enrolled in public schools. At $5,000 a pop for these students alone, it would cost the state $205 million a year.
Florida’s private school vouchers soar, creating concern over impact on public schools
“I see vouchers as a way to divide people against each other,” said Zequiera, who believes the school choice trends are increasingly segregating students along race and class lines, as many families cannot afford private schools even with the help of vouchers.
Private School Vouchers in North Carolina: The Math Doesn’t Add Up
With the new school year ramping up in North Carolina, Republican lawmakers remain committed to funneling hundreds of millions more taxpayer dollars into vouchers for unaccountable, unregulated private schools.
Alarming Outcomes from Private School Voucher Expansions in Other States Provide Cautionary Tale for North Carolina
Research surrounding private school vouchers in Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Arizona and Washington, D.C. shows that voucher programs put students and communities at risk
School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural school
But the Madison County School District’s decision to do so has exposed tensions around race in a community where for years some white families have resisted integrating public schools.
