Lawmakers considering portability or
other federal voucher programs must understand that the concept of federal dollars going into a «backpack of cash» that follows eligible students to the schools of their choice, whether public or private, is only part of the story.
Not exact matches
They would also need to report to state and
federal educational officials so that the methods and results of the different local public school reforms could be compared to each
other and to
voucher experiments.
Certainly our policymakers are not willing to concede the point, not at the
federal, state, or local levels, where arguments continue to rage over assessments, charter schools,
vouchers, class - size reduction, and many
other strategies for school reform.
The 2,308 students in the OSP study make it the largest school
voucher evaluation in the U.S., making the achievement results even more compelling when compared to results from
other, similar experimental evaluations of education policies undertaken by the
federal government.
These
federal vouchers trained the «greatest generation» and made it possible for a greater percentage of Americans to continue into higher education than in any
other country.
These and
other results suggest that some of the most prominent ideas that dominate current policy debates — from supporting
vouchers to doubling down on high - stakes tests to cutting
federal education funding — are out of step with parents» main concern: They want their children prepared for life after they complete high school.
Simply put, that means we need to advocate for
vouchers and tax credits and
other programs — state and
federal — that can help families obtain the high - quality education they want and deserve for their children.
The issue of
vouchers, perhaps more than any
other state or
federal issue, strikes a chord among parents and citizens hoping to see their children gain a decent and quality education.
That left House leadership facing new criticism from the right because the GOP bill omits school
vouchers, radical reductions to
federal mandates and
other right - wing proposals.
Now, DeVos is President - elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. education secretary, and observers expect her to lessen the
federal role in public education and vigorously advocate to expand access to
voucher and charter schools in
other states just like she has done here.
However, budget cuts and proposals such as
vouchers and
other programs that divert essential funding from schools, along with
federal government overreach, denigrates the amazing work taking place in what is arguably our most valuable institution.
Whether it be ESEA reauthorization, funding for
Federal education programs, charter schools and
vouchers, standards, technology and e-rate, health, child nutrition and school safety, or many
others, there is no shortage of education issues being debated in the halls of Congress or among major decision - makers in Washington, DC.
Federal judges who oversee desegregation plans in Louisiana are wrestling with that issue at a time when President Trump wants to spend billions of dollars on charter schools,
vouchers and
other «school choice» initiatives.
They want the media talking about anything
other than
vouchers, charters, and the
federal funding of them through ESSA (the Every Student Succeeds Act) and tax laws.
Teacher unions and
other education advocates who favor the bill have been stressing that the Protect Our Schools Act serves as a preemptive measure against school privatization, particularly since Drumpf and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, both advocates of charters and
vouchers, now guide
federal policy.
NSBA urges Congress to reject the implementation of a
federal voucher program or
other voucher alternatives and to work with us to improve, not weaken our public schools — which educate more than 50 million students.
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