Bill Phillis: A Major Difference Between Public Schools and “School Choice”
Bill Phillis of the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding is a champion of public schools in a state with many charters...
Category : Vouchers
Jan Resseger: Ohio’s “Fair State Funding” Plan Is Grossly Unfair
Jan Resseger explains how the Ohio legislature, which is devoted to charters and vouchers, managed to cheat districts like hers while boasting about “fair student...
Ohio: Vouchers Grow Despite Poor Performance and Cost
In 2005, Ohio launched a new voucher program to “save poor kids from failing schools.” The voucher program served 3,000 students and cost $5 million....
NPE Launches New Website with Stories from the Frontlines of Public School Advocacy
NPE ACTION’S NEW PROJECT TO BRING TALES FROM THE FRONTLINES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCACY Public schools remain incredibly popular among Americans across the political spectrum,...
New Hampshire: GOP Plans for Voucher Expansion Before Program Starts
Ethan DeWitt of the New Hampshire Bulletin and NPR reported on the partisan divide surrounding vouchers. Republicans budgeted for 28 students but expect between 1,000-5,000...
New Hampshire: Republicans Laud New Voucher Program While Ignoring International Evidence
Jeanne Diestch, a former Democratic state senator in New Hampshire, recently wrote about the attention showered on the state’s new voucher program by Republican conservatives...
Support Declines for Charters and Vouchers, Especially Among Democrats
Carol Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education, reports the heartening news that support for school choice has declined in the latest poll...
Jeff Bryant: The End of School “Reform”
Jeff Bryant is a journalist who specializes in education. In a recent issue of The Progressive, he details the many failures of what is falsely...
UTLA Speaks Out Against “Internal” Voucher Scheme
Some members of the Los Angeles school board are proposing a stealth voucher plan. Unsurprisingly, the United Teachers of Los Angeles opposes the plan. DeVos-funded...
Maurice Cunningham: Why is the Press Uninterested in the Corporate Invasion of Public Education?
Readers of this blog have followed the advance of privatization of public school funding for nearly a decade. We know the big foundations and individuals...