Not exact matches
The
voucher program
subsidizes private - school
tuition.
Since gaining prominence through the support of economist Milton Friedman decades ago, school
vouchers, which
subsidize student
tuition at private and parochial schools with public dollars, are one of the most controversial ideas in education policy.
This contradicts the Indiana Department of Education's assertion that
voucher students would have enrolled in private schools regardless of the program — the implication being
vouchers are just helping would - be private schoolers
subsidize private
tuition.
Chile's
voucher program has led to widespread socio - economic stratification and a decline in public school enrollment, all while making little to no impact on student achievement.63 The program's design essentially creates three school systems: public schools attended mostly by the lowest - income students;
voucher -
subsidized private schools attended by more middle - class students, as they can charge additional fees or
tuition; and nonsubsidized private schools attended by the wealthiest students.
When the General Assembly created a
voucher program in 2011, the intention was to give low - income students «stuck» at failing public schools more choices when picking a school, by
subsidizing private school
tuition.
I see two defenses: a) freedom of teachers to transfer between schools within a State and a culture of administrative integrity and (b) policies that give to parents the power to determine which institution shall receive the taxpayers» K - 12 education subsidy (
vouchers,
tuition tax credits,
subsidized homeschooling, Parent Performance Contracting).
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has been strenuously resisting the Obama administration's efforts to monitor the statewide
voucher program, which
subsidizes tuition at private and religious schools for thousands of low - income and middle - class students.
For example, ALEC is a big supporter of
vouchers and
tuition tax credit schemes which use public dollars to
subsidize tuition at private or religious schools.
And he's vehemently opposed to other items, especially against using public tax dollars to
subsidize private school
tuition for certain students, or so - called
vouchers.
School
vouchers are education tax dollars that are diverted from public schools to help
subsidize the
tuition of private and religious schools.
Despite
voucher supporters» efforts to make the
voucher debate about «school choice» and improving opportunities for low - income students,
vouchers remain an elitist strategy for
subsidizing tuition for students in private schools, not expanding opportunities for low - income children.