Sentences with phrase «among school choice opponents»
Instead, cognitive dissonance among school choice opponents leads them to dismiss a solid study.
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Opponents would claim that the inclusion of religious schools among the choices for parents violated the separation of church and state, required by the federal constitution, and they challenged the program in court.
Such quotes were bound to circulate among education reformers and give traditional opponents of school choice, such as teachers unions, heartburn.
Despite this growing consensus, opponents of school choice programs persist in their attempts to spread fear among parents and the general public by falsely accusing these programs of undermining local public schools and of further restricting educational access.
They are also among the most vocal opponents of school choice policies that have been considered by the state legislature in recent years.
Colorado and Missouri are among 39 states that have strict prohibitions on public funds» going to religious schools, known as Blaine Amendments, which voucher advocates consider the last line of defense for opponents of private school choice.
As a large number of New Hampshire's nonpublic schools are religious, opponents of school choice have challenged the program under, among other things, an 1877 amendment to the state constitution frequently referred to as a Blaine Amendment.