New Hampshire: Republican Legislators Want to Lift Income Caps for Vouchers
Garry Rayno has been covering New Hampshire politics for decades. He writes in InDepthNH with a sense of astonishment about the Legislature’s eagerness to remove the income limits on the state’s...
View ArticleOhio: Charters and Vouchers Defund the Public Schools
This report was written by Tanisha Pruitt, Ph.D., for Policy Matters Ohio in April 2023. It provides a comprehensive review of the funding of K-12 education in the state. The state has 1.6 million...
View ArticleArizona: Parent Learns That “School Choice” Means “Schools Choose”
Pamela Lang, a journalist and graduate student in Arizona, wrote for The Hechinger Report about her futile search for a school that would enroll her son, who has special needs. Despite Arizona’s...
View ArticleNew York: Governor Hochul Slashes Budget Aid for Rural Schools
Governor Kathy Hochul has fashioned a state budget that will profoundly damage rural schools in New York. She had to trim the budget somewhere but why cut foundation aid to the state’s most important...
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Texas: Local Elections and the Fight Over Vouchers
Yesterday was a crucial election for the future of public schools in Texas. The Republican primaries pitted civic-minded Republicans against challengers committed to vouchers and endorsed by Governor...
View ArticleHouston Chronicle Editorial: Greg Abbott is the Captain Ahab of Texas
The Houston Chronicle’s editorial board excoriated Texas Governor Greg Abbott for making war on Republican legislators who opposed Abbott’s voucher proposal, and at the same time failing to meet his...
View ArticleKentucky: GOP Passes Bill to Nullify Parts of State Constitution to Allow...
State Senator Tina Bojanowski, teacher and legislator (@TinaforKentucky), tweeted: KY House passes HB2, a bill to change our Constitution to allow vouchers and charters by creating an amendment that...
View ArticleArizona: Grand Canyon Institute On Voucher Ripoff
The Grand Canyon Institute is a nonpartisan nonprofit research organization in Arizona. Its latest report concludes that charter schools are more accountable than vouchers. Vouchers suck up nearly $1...
View ArticleJosh Cowen Warns Pennsylvania: Beware the Voucher Hoax!
Josh Cowen of Michigan State University is a veteran voucher scholar. He has been doing voucher research for nearly two decades. For years, he was hopeful about the outcomes for students. He recently...
View ArticleWake-Up, New Hampshire! Koch and ALEC Import “Young Americans for Liberty” to...
New Hampshire is under siege by Koch-funded libertarians who want to eliminate public services, government and democracy. Former State Senator Jeanne Dietsch issues a warning about this invasion. New...
View ArticleNew Hampshire: GOP Leadership is Determined to Crush Public Schools, Ignore...
New Hampshire reporter Garry Rayno says that the state legislature has its priorities upside down. Writing at IndepthNH.org, Rayno describes a Republican state government led by “moderate” Governor...
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Tune in! I Discuss “Slaying Goliath” Tomorrow with Tim Slekar
Tim Slekar is a fearless warrior for public schools, teachers, and students. I will be talking to him about Slaying Goliath and the struggle to protect public schools from the depredations of...
View ArticleIowa Increases Funding for Vouchers, Expands Eligibility
Iowa was once respected for the quality of its public schools. Now the Republican elected officials are tearing down the state’s public schools. They launched a voucher program, and they are now...
View ArticleGary Smith: How to Fix Higher Education!
Gary Smith, the Fletcher Jones professor of economics at Pomona College in California, has solved the financial problems of higher education with a Swiftian “modest proposal.” Read it. Two imminent...
View ArticleHouston: Miles Ousts Two 2023 Principals of the Year
Mike Miles, the superintendent imposed on the Houston Independent School District, announced major budget cuts and staff layoffs. Among those released: two principals of the year for 2023. Miles was...
View ArticleScandal! Millions of $$ Flow from Texas to Colorado Charter Chain
Mike Miles, the Superintendent imposed on the Houston public schools by a state takeover, set up a chain of charter schools in Colorado. His charters are running a big deficit. They are also getting...
View ArticleHouston: Congressmember Calls for Federal Investigation of HISD under Miles
After Spectrum News reported that millions of dollars had been sent from Texas charter schools founded by Mike Miles to Colorado charter schools in the same chain, parents and students demanded Miles’...
View ArticleGeorgia: Students Demand Fully Funded Public Schools, Not Vouchers!
Seventeen high school students in Georgia marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown decision by writing an article calling on the state’s political leaders to fully fund public schools, instead of...
View ArticlePasadena, CA: School Board Votes Against Including Charters in Parcel Tax
The board of the Pasadena Unified School District debated whether charter schools should share in the receipts of a new tax. The board voted 4-3 not to include the charters. The three members who...
View ArticleJessica Winter: The Looting of Public Schools
Writing in The New Yorker, Jessica Winter deftly connects the spread of vouchers with deep-seated racism, phony culture war issues, and the war on public schools. Winter is an editor at The New...
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