"number of EdChoice students more than doubled in 2023 following the elimination of the income cap . . . But private school enrollment has not matched the increase in voucher use, suggesting that students already enrolled in private schools have played a large part in the increase in voucher users"

"Again, we caution against overinterpreting these dosage effects because students who attended private schools via EdChoice vouchers for longer periods tended to be higher-performing students, so some of this apparent positive effect might be attributable to differential selection."

"EdChoice students were required to take all state exams through 2018–19"

"EdChoice students were also more likely to be Black or Hispanic and less likely to receive special education services."

"Participating students had test scores well below the state average (e.g., –0.24 standard deviations in reading) but well above that of nonparticipating students (e.g., –0.42 standard deviations in reading), suggesting positive selection into the program based on prior academic performance"

"Our study covers . . . original EdChoice program between 2007–08 and 2013–14. . . vouchers worth up to $4,250 for K–8 and $5,000 for high school. . . families earning below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, private schools had to accept the scholarship as full payment for tuition."

"The students we follow into college joined EdChoice when the program was largely limited to low-income students from struggling public schools."

"we know of no studies that evaluate these programs’ longer-run effects on public school students."

"But because students who remained in the program for at least four years have characteristics that make them more likely to have graduated from college absent the voucher, we caution that these results are at greater risk of bias than our main findings."

I have noticed many people sharing the summary of the research on Ohio school choice vouchers proving they benefit the students who use them as well as the eligible students who remain in public schools. I found the actual study and here are a few of the quotes the summaries seem to leave out.

I teach English language learners and today a student that I know celebrates Ramadan mentioned he also celebrates Passover. I assumed the family is of mixed religions. The parent later clarified that their religion includes both holidays. Any idea what religion includes both?

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A friend reminded me of Resistbot - a great way to contact your federal senators/representative. In case there is anything you would like them to know.

I have read almost all of these (and most I required my kids to read as well). All of them would make a great starting place, but I found Fahrenheit 451 an interesting twist on some of the other themes. You should add Reading Lolita in Tehran to the list as well.

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