Ms. Garcia said she applauded the «court's refusal to accept the invitation
of voucher proponents to issue a broad ruling that could place in jeopardy the ability of states to protect their public education system.»
Courts in Colorado and Florida have struck down voucher programs on other state constitutional grounds, frustrating the hopes
of voucher proponents to frame the issue as one of religious intolerance.]
In addition, the main argument made by the supporters of portability — that the funds should follow the child — mimics that
of voucher proponents.
Not exact matches
The prediction comes from both
proponents and opponents
of the tuition -
voucher measure, which, by providing parents with $ 900 for each student enrolled in a private or out -
of - district public school, would be the most extensive choice program yet adopted by any state.
In theory, the concept might appeal to those who think taxpayers who don't use public schools should get other benefits instead — and to
proponents of allowing parents even greater flexibility and choice than
vouchers offer them.
Either
voucher proponents have very different views
of equity than most citizens, or they don't really view
vouchers as a replacement model for the current public education.
On the other hand, he defies
proponents of charters,
vouchers, and other forms
of school choice as wishful thinkers disposed to let marketplace theories trump evidence
of student achievement while also undervaluing education's civic and cultural roles.
Putting himself somewhat at odds with many
voucher proponents, Moe suggests that - based on what the public says -
voucher proponents would do well to «get away from free markets and accept an integral role for government regulation in the design
of voucher programs.»
He called the bill «tax credit
vouchers» and warned that «
voucher proponents seek to mislead legislators and the public regarding the true nature
of this tax credit
voucher by labeling it a scholarship charity.»
Indeed, he is a
proponent not only
of charter autonomy but
of vouchers, which though ardently desired by the parochial system, are so far only a token presence in the New Orleans schools landscape (see «In the Wake
of the Storm,» features, Spring 2010).
«I just wish that choice
proponents would stop promising that charters and
vouchers will bring us closer to that date when 100 percent
of all children reach proficiency,» she opined in her blog.
Proponents of vouchers and other measures that expand access to private schooling often claim that competition from privately operated schools will spur student achievement — and, perhaps, lower costs — in public schools.
Proponents of a measure that would provide poor families in Arizona with state - funded
vouchers for private school tuition hope to coax enough support from lawmakers this week to encourage Gov. Fife Symington to call a special legislative session to act on the plan.
The California decision is only the latest in a string
of legal and political victories for home schoolers, who have parlayed Internet connections into a political potency that charter and
voucher proponents have never matched.
For all
of these reasons,
voucher proponents will certainly be pinning their hopes on a favorable decision in Davey.
Concerned Women for America held a conference outside Kansas City, Mo., this weekend that opened with denunciations
of Common Core and built to an address by state Sen. Ed Emery, a
voucher proponent who has compared the current public education system with slavery because it traps students in government - run schools.
Proponents of vouchers and tax policies that fund private schooling argue that for the types
of students they often serve — low - income children, students with disabilities, and students in low - performing schools — it's a good investment to let parents choose a setting they think will best serve their children's needs.
As a strong
proponent of the Louisiana
voucher program, this conversation is very interesting to me...
, a campaign whose sponsors include
proponents of vouchers, charters, magnets and other schools, though the real focus is on
vouchers.
DFER is a strong
proponent of charter schools, but is more guarded when it comes to
vouchers.
Next week (Jan. 27 - 31) is National School Choice Week, a campaign whose sponsors include
proponents of vouchers, charters, magnets and other schools, though the real focus is on
vouchers.
Forty - one percent
of all private schools that participated in the Milwaukee private school
voucher program between 1991 and 2015 failed, according to a new study by a
voucher school
proponent who said he was stunned by the findings.
Many
proponents of private school choice — both the
voucher and tax credit scholarship versions — take for granted that schools won't participate (or shouldn't participate) if government asks too much
of them, regulates their practices, requires them to reveal closely held information and — above all — demands that they be publicly accountable for student achievement.
The advocates
of competition between private and public schools and the
proponents of vouchers usable at any school have also...
Critics
of vouchers often portray their
proponents as white conservatives bent on transforming public schools into open markets, exploiting them to make profits to the detriment
of poor black children.
Proponents claim that civil rights laws apply under this bill, but they fail to explain that many
of the private schools that are eligible to take
vouchers are exempt from key provisions in civil rights laws.
Proponents of choice and
vouchers seem to look to these tests as the evidence that show whether or not students are learning.
Rep. Skip Stam (R - Wake), one
of the most notable
proponents behind the school
voucher law, said yesterday at the school choice breakfast that he wants to expand the program further from its $ 10 million starting point.
Proponents of vouchers argued that parents who sent their children to private schools were «taxed» twice — once by paying regular public school taxes and again by paying tuition for their children's private schools.
Proponents further perceive
vouchers as a form
of «tax justice,» which offsets a family's tax burden for public school services they do not use.
Proponents of the program say the
voucher program is a way to give students better choices when it comes to their education; critics say it siphons badly needed funds away from public education and funnels them into unaccountable, religious private schools that are not obligated to hold themselves to high quality teaching standards.
But now he's so much
of a big, fat
voucher proponent that he even threw a party at his Castle Rock home in May
of this year when Douglas County passed their faux - charter - for -
vouchers scheme.
Some
proponents of vouchers say less oversight for the taxpayer - funded program is how it should be, because really it's up to the parents to be the final arbiters
of accountability.
That could end up being a gift, he said, from Duncan to Betsy DeVos, President - elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary and a prominent
proponent of taxpayer - supported
vouchers for private and religious schools.
While the changes could rope more siblings into the
voucher program, school choice
proponents have told StateImpact many
of the state's private schools are already nearing capacity — and unless the state increases the amount
of a scholarship, it's not likely more private schools will open to accept them.
Upper Room Christian's pastor, Patrick Wooden, a vocal
proponent of the school
voucher legislation,
You pollute the term «school choice» by including privatization and
vouchers, when you should know that in California,
proponents of vouchers are NOT included in the push for reform or choice and the in California all CHarter Schools are public schools.
Proponents of this unconstitutional
voucher program claim Nevada's public schools will somehow have more money if SB 302 is implemented.
For example, WEAC's spending hit around $ 550,000 on television and radio advertisements in 2009 and was crucial to the election
of Tony Evers over school
voucher proponent Rose Fernandez.
Voucher
proponents like DeVos do not believe that private K - 12 schools receiving
vouchers should have to follow the same rules that public recipients
of federal assistance must.
Upper Room Christian's pastor, Patrick Wooden, a vocal
proponent of the school
voucher legislation, was part
of a group
of pastors to come to Raleigh to support the bill's passage.
The Bradley Foundation, which has donated more than $ 2 million to the IJ, has close ties to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a key
proponent of school
vouchers.
It doesn't matter how their
proponents try to disguise them — education savings accounts, tuition tax credits, opportunity scholarships —
vouchers are destructive and misguided schemes that use taxpayer dollars to «experiment with our children's education without any evidence
of real, lasting positive results,» says NEA President Eskelsen García.
Sen. Malcolm Graham (D - Mecklenberg), formerly a
proponent of school
vouchers, recently said he's no longer a supporter.
A common argument
of voucher school
proponents is that these schools create competition for public schools, thereby increasing achievement across the board.
Though
voucher school
proponents love to talk about «choice» and «achievement,» the real story is that these schools do a serious disservice to students, families, educators, public school districts and state taxpayers and we don't want anymore
of them in Milwaukee!
Yet, faced with the overwhelming evidence
of potential devastation
vouchers and funding cuts would bring to our most disadvantaged students, the
proponents of school privatization, blinders firmly in place, continue to push their agenda.
In May, a bipartisan majority in the Texas House
of Representatives stood up and rejected a bill, passed earlier in the State Senate, that would have brought so - called «education savings accounts» and «tax credit scholarships» (two examples
of how
proponents have rebranded
vouchers) to the state's school system.
The main
proponents of vouchers are the same forces that have historically opposed school finance equalization.
Proponents of vouchers and other forms
of choice argue that providing choice to students and their families opens up the education market to competition and innovation, improving the quality
of education in all schools.