The economic benefits to having robust public schools, the importance of public education to democracy, and education as part of realizing individual human potential are not mutually exclusive outcomes.

School voucher systems wall these purposes off from each other.

When I say vouchers are subject to the same gravity of politics and policy as anything else, this is an example of what I mean.

Vouchers are no magical mystery cure-all.

They’re just garden-variety bad policy.

And bad policy creates bad incentives.

Arizona school-voucher program will clear massive bill backlog by paying families now, asking questions later Many ESA families have been waiting months for reimbursement. Superintendent Tom Horne's new plan comes after earlier fast-track approvals backfired.

Just in time for Christmas, Arizona’s going to auto-approve any voucher cash expenses up to $2000—

Get your toys and sweet electronics now, just have a plan to explain how they’re education-related later.
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Almost like research predicted this

@jenjennings.bsky.social

edworkingpapers.com/ai24-949

As I say in The Privateers: The evidence against voucher schemes isn’t one-sided, but it’s as one sided as social science gets.

Folks sharing admittedly bad international test scores data while pressing publicly funded private schools aren’t offering a serious solution.

One lesson the voucher lobby has learned: voter persuasion doesn’t work for them.

Their strategy is now brute legislative and judicial force.

“So-called school choice” is exactly how to cover voucher schemes that let private schools do the choosing—

—Schemes that rural Trump voters led the way in rejecting on Election Day

(Couple comments from me as well in here) @npr.org @texaspublicradio.bsky.social

www.tpr.org/2024-11-26/k...

Kentucky voters buried vouchers. Now one thing stands in way of reinvesting in public schools. | Opinion
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No-Limit Vouchers Are Blowing Up Arizona’s Budget. This Woman Is Leading the Way. Conservative parents seeking "educational freedom" have found a taxpayer-supported way to opt out of public schools. And other states want to imitate it.

Must-read @politico.com on the state players behind and opposing AZ’s voucher scheme. Key points:

*Correctly locates DeVos and Koch as the big national drivers of state-specific schemes (see my book The Privateers for more detail)

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How teachers demolished billionaires for the biggest progressive win of 2024 Even the most optimistic statistics teacher would probably be baffled by what happened on Election Day in Kentucky. They were outspent by a who’s who of conservative billionaires, competed logisticall...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...

Report’s Proposals for Reforming ESSA Reveals How Little Has Been Learned From the Recent Past BOULDER, CO (November 19, 2024)—EdTrust recently published a report using what it calls an “equity analysis” to critique states’ accountability plans, recommending several steps states might take to i...

The good work that @edtrust.bsky.social does opposing vouchers & racial tracking leaves us wondering when they will relinquish their faith in these accountability systems. Here's a new review, from @derekgottlieb.bsky.social, of EdTrust's recent report. nepc.colorado.edu/publication-...

Trump says McMahon’s top priority will be pushing school vouchers

ICYMI— Despite the private school vouchers scam losing everywhere it’s on the ballot, Trump says his Ed Sec pick will focus on steering taxpayer💰to private (mostly Christian) schools.

@GovBillLee’s pal Devos admitted it’s to “Advance God’s Kingdom”: x.com/thetnholler/...