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Stephen Dyer: Public School Funding in Ohio Drops Dramatically as “Choice”...
Stephen Dyer, former state legislator in Ohio, wrote in his blog “Tenth Period” that the 85% of Ohio’s children who attend public schools are being shortchanged by the state. First the state went...
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Brookings Institution: Beware Voucher Advocacy Disguised as Research
Jon Valant and Nicolas Zerbino of the prestigious nonpartisan Brookings Institution examined the Arizona voucher program and were surprised to find that it was a giveaway to the richest families in...
View ArticleJan Resseger: Defunding Public Education with Vouchers and Tax Cuts
Jan Resseger writes with cogency and insight about the frightening trend to defund public education. Trump once said that he loves the poorly educated—the rubes who buy whatever lies he is peddling,...
View ArticleOhio: The Corrupt GOP Politicians Defunding Public Schools and Their Students
Marilou Johanek is a veteran journalist in Ohio. She writes here about the Republican politicians who used their power to impose universal vouchers on the state. The main beneficiaries are children of...
View ArticleNew Hampshire: Why the GOP Is Determined to Destroy Public Schools
Every time I see New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu interviewed on CNN, he plays the role of the GOP “moderate.” Don’t be fooled. When it comes to education, he’s a clone of Betsy DeVos. Veteran New...
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Ohio: Charter Schools Ripping Off Taxpayers
Steve Dyer, former legislator and perennial budget hawk, tracks wasteful spending on charter schools in Ohio in this post. Ohio is throwing away billions on charters and vouchers, at the expense of...
View ArticleLisa Haver: Pennsylvania Must Avoid the Voucher Scam
Lisa Haver is a former Philadelphia teacher. She is co-founder and coordinator of the Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools. She warns about the absurdity of defunding the state’s public schools...
View ArticleNorth Carolina: Five Words for Voters: “And You’re OK with That?”
Leaders of the pro-public school organization called Public Schools First in North Carolina discovered that many public school parents and advocates are unaware that the state’s General Assembly has...
View ArticleProject 2025: What Happens to K-12 in a New Trump Term?
Matthew Stone of Education Week described the plans for K-12 education in a second Trump term, as they appear in Project 2025, a document written by hundreds of former Trump officials. The 44-page...
View ArticleMercedes Schneider: Politicking for Jesus
Mercedes Schneider read Project 2025 and concluded that its unifying goal is to turn the American people into white evangelical Christians. This “conservative” vision of a different America doesn’t...
View ArticleRandi Weingarten: The Moment We Are In
The American Federation of Teachers held its annual convention in Houston. Its president, Randi Weingarten, delivered this speech about the perils of the present time and the importance of unions....
View ArticlePublic Education Advocates Urge Kamala Harris to Select a VP Who Opposes...
The following letter was sent to Vice President Kamala Harris by advocates for public schools from across the nation. They pointed out that public schools, attended by 50 million students, are being...
View ArticleProject 2025: A Recipe for Disaster!
Former President Trump recently discovered that members of his administration had produced a set of plans for his next term. They did this under the guidance of the Heritage Foundation, the Republican...
View ArticleProPublica: How Vouchers Almost Bankrupted Arizona
Voters in Arizona voted overwhelmingly against voucher expansion in a state referendum in 2018, but Republican Governor Doug Ducey and the Republican legislature expanded them anyway. The pro-voucher...
View ArticleHeather Cox Richardson: Trump Can’t Escape Project 2025
Ever since the general public began hearing Project 2025, the document scared those who listened. Although it was described by its authors as the agenda for Trump’s second term and it was written by...
View ArticleNew Study: Increased School Spending Reduces Child Mortality
Scholars at Brown University and Stanford University recently released a study concluding that spending more on schools reduces child mortality. The paper is titled “Priceless Benefits: Effects of...
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NCPE: Voucher Costs Are Rising Dramatically Above Budget Projections
The National Coalition for Public Education published valuable information contrasting the actual cost of vouchers to overly optimistic projections by their advocates. In every state that has adopted...
View ArticleOhio Is Funding the Construction and Renovation of Religious Schools
In an unprecedented move that shatters the historic wall of separation between church and state, Ohio has passed legislation to fund the construction and renovation of religious schools. It also...
View ArticleBrookings Institution: A View of Education in the Republican and Democratic...
Jon Valant, head of the Brown Center at the Brookings Institution, reviewed the education sections of both parties. He writes: K-12 education has captured its share of headlines over the last few...
View ArticleNew Hampshire: The GOP Legislature Refuses to Pay for Adequate Education
Garry Rayno is a veteran journalist in New Hampshire who covers the legislature for inDepthNH.org. His education reporting is excellent. In this post, he describes the Republicans’ refusal to fund...
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