When Tennessee’s legislature debated school vouchers in early 2025, supporters promised the program would help students escape failing public schools while preserving the independence of private education. They looked voters in the eye and said this was about educational opportunity for struggling students. The reality emerging from the state’s Education Freedom Act tells a different story altogether, one that legislators knew before they cast their votes.
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