#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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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?”
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
School vouchers: A budget-busting bait and switch
Here’s the fallacy of all of that: The vast majority of folks claiming these publicly funded vouchers have not made a new choice. They chose private or homeschool long before LEARNS was passed.
School Choice Is Not What It Sounds Like
The movement’s ultimate objective is to put an end to public responsibility for education entirely.
Idaho’s voucher scheme: Rural kids could suffer the brunt of education privatization | Opinion
If the Idaho Legislature succeeds in pushing through a school voucher scheme this session, which starts next week, rural kids stand to be the ones who lose out the most.