Tag: vouchers
IL school funding resolution not all peaceful
A compromise was reached in the IL school funding fiasco, but one provision, a voucher program, troubles some educators and politicians.
Poll: support for charters drops 12%
Support for charter schools and some other "school choice" initiatives has declined a bit, notably among black and Hispanic populations.
Movie preview: Passion to Teach
The US and the educational community are in a bitter struggle to decimate the public schools by turning them into profit-generating machines.
This week in Washington (Trump, Sessions, DeVos)
The political banter continues, as the drama escalates in Washington, Baltimore; meanwhile, life marches on for students and Americans.
Trump’s budget has no common good
Donald Trump has proposed a federal budget that will drastically cut scientific research, education, and environmental protection.
Movie review: Your Name
A new Japanese animé film reminds me of the whole voucher-privatization debate for public schools: an identity crisis.
In Oklahoma, a voucher bill dies like poor Jud
Another voucher bill goes down in the state legislature, this time in Oklahoma. Yeeow! Aye-yip-aye-yo-ee-ay! Yeeow!
A few reasons for and against vouchers
Vouchers, which send public money to private schools, are in for a battle, and some news commentators say a battle line has been drawn.
25 years of data show no gains from vouchers
Vouchers are shown to be ineffective in yet another long-term study. When will we learn that taking funds away from public schools is a bad idea?
The question: Boost or boot vouchers in Maryland?
Should Maryland increase the funding for vouchers that help public school students attend private schools or throw the program out?