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Posts in category School Vouchers

Vouchers Gain Ground, Public Education Loses in Final Budg...

July 25, 2013 Written by admin
Vouchers Gain Ground, Public Education Loses in Final Budget

Education reporter Lindsay Wagner of NC Policy Watch offers an excellent analysis of the impact of the biennial budget on public education.  A key fact overlooked by some legislators who believe we are spending more on public education in the new budget: “…the 2014 fiscal year budget will spend $500 million less than the 2008 inflation-adjusted […]

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Public Education, Private Profit? North Carolina Set To Expand Controversial Voucher Progr...

July 24, 2013 Written by admin
Public Education, Private Profit? North Carolina Set To Expand Controversial Voucher Program

“But public school advocates argue that the voucher program and privatization of the public school system won’t have the positive impact on student achievement that voucher program advocates predict. Groups such as the Public Schools First NC stress that ‘the best investments for our children, our communities and North Carolina’s future is a strong, well-funded local public […]

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New Hampshire Court Strikes Down Tax-Credit Aid to Religious Schoo...

July 12, 2013 Written by admin
New Hampshire Court Strikes Down Tax-Credit Aid to Religious Schools

New Hampshire believes in the separation of church and state.  And on June 17th, the court found that their tax-credit program violated the NH Constitution. “A New Hampshire state court ruled today that a tuition tax-credit program violates the state constitution. The program was challenged by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the […]

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How Many Voucher Frauds in Louisiana? No One Kno...

July 10, 2013 Written by admin
How Many Voucher Frauds in Louisiana? No One Knows

Education historian and public school champion Diane Ravitch calls out Louisiana’s voucher program as a sorry example of education “reform.” “It is a living demonstration of what happens when public officials abandon responsibility for the children and institutions in their care. Watch what happens when the state gives children a voucher for public funds and […]

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