Fort Worth clergy members speak out against school vouchers, rally public school support
Clergy members and community members gathered at Arlington Heights United Methodist Church on Wednesday evening to discuss school vouchers.
Demand for NC school vouchers is slowing down, but the damage has already been done | Opinion
When Republican lawmakers radically expanded North Carolina’s voucher program last year by removing all income requirements, ...
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In rural Texas, some voters are hesitant about school vouchers. Are their lawmakers listening?
This legislative session, creating Education Savings Accounts — which would let parents use public funds towards private ...
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House committee considering a cap on school voucher spending, increases to public school funding
The House Public Education Committee released new proposals for creating education savings accounts and determining how much ...
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Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right?
The history of school vouchers predates the civil rights era, stretching back to 1800s New England, where publicly run schools were sparse in rural areas. But its modern iteration was ...
Top Texas Republicans push for private school vouchers as opponents fear impact on public schools
The bill has faced widespread pushback from advocates for public schools. One hundred fifty-eight out of Texas’s 254 counties ...
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Letter to the Editor: School vouchers are not good for District 87 in Texas
We do not have to look back in history very far ... it is a big driver of the voucher debate. The state of Texas can not afford one school system, a fact that is punctuated by the fact that ...
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NC’s expanded vouchers have a hidden cost. Public schools will feel it | Opinion
Republicans say no because the voucher money is not drawn from public school funds ... need to spend $4.3 billion this year just to get back on track with the Leandro schedule.