Sentences with phrase «unaccountable private schools»

, a self - described libertarian law firm located in our nation's capital that has a demonstrated interest in upholding laws that funnel taxpayer dollars from public school systems to largely unaccountable private schools.

Either way — it is clear Republican lawmakers want to repay the loads of campaign cash they received from voucher lobbyists by making it easier to pour more tax dollars into unaccountable private school tuition subsidies.

«This national research is worth paying attention to, and cautions other states not to go down the same road as Wisconsin in terms of unaccountable private school vouchers,» said WEAC President Ron Martin.

«Poll after poll shows that Wisconsin opposes tax subsidies for unaccountable private schools.

«The voucher program makes unaccountable private schools the direct beneficiaries of public tax dollars.

There's the sketchy school voucher scheme that diverts public money to almost completely unaccountable private schools and religious academies that even some prominent Republicans say shouldn't receive taxpayer funds.

However, Trump and DeVos have not acknowledged this history or committed to protect students against harmful unintended consequences as they have championed a plan to funnel public funds into unaccountable private schools through a nationwide voucher system.

The vouchers allow low - income students to attend unaccountable private schools with taxpayer dollars.

That intervenor is the Institute for Justice, a self - described libertarian law firm located in our nation's capital that has a demonstrated interest in upholding laws that funnel taxpayer dollars from public school systems to largely unaccountable private schools.

Since then, it has been a political football, with supporters (including many Republicans) arguing that it frees parents to choose better schools, and critics (including many Democrats) arguing that it provides public support for unaccountable private schools.

In a typically contemptible post on its website last week, «Indiana governor promises more taxpayer - funded vouchers to unaccountable private schools,» the NEA attacked Indiana's new governor Mike Pence because he promised his «anti-public education supporters» to:

«Sending money to unaccountable private schools that don't have to have certified teachers, administer a standardized curriculum, or inform the public about how students are performing academically directly conflicts with the constitutional mandate that state education funds be used exclusively to fund a uniform system of free public schools that must provide all [K - 12] children with a sound basic education,» said Bischoff.

Will Flanders» March 26 column «Expand school choice» last Sunday expressed his opinion that public money should be funneled to unaccountable private schools and away from accountable public schools.

And just a year ago, money and accountability were the issues in North Carolina where a group of taxpayers opposing a voucher measure argued that private school vouchers drain needed resources from public schools, and that it violated the state constitution to send public money to unaccountable private schools that are often religious in nature.

Here in Wisconsin, mirroring what's happened nationwide, public schools have suffered deep spending cuts while over $ 800 million has been funneled to unaccountable private schools.

It couldn't be clearer: Betsy DeVos» goal as Secretary of Education is to slash funding for public schools, using voucher schemes to funnel taxpayer dollars to unaccountable private schools.

In recent years, the unaccountable private school voucher program dramatically expanded in Wisconsin while state public schools suffered the 4th largest budget cuts in the nation.

The vouchers, worth $ 4,200 per student annually, funnel taxpayer funds to largely unaccountable private schools — 70 percent of which are affiliated with religious institutions.

Part I of an NC Policy Watch series For the first time in its history, North Carolina will allow taxpayer funds to go to largely unaccountable private schools, 70 percent of which are religious institutions, beginning in the...

For the first time in its history, North Carolina will allow taxpayer funds to go to largely unaccountable private schools, 70 percent of which are religious institutions, beginning in the 2014 - 15 school year.

Tax dollars shouldn't be going to «unaccountable private schools» when public schools are struggling to make ends meet, and «voucher schools don't perform as well» as public schools, Wisconsin Education Association Council president Betsy Kippers said in a statement.