New Hampshire believes in the separation of church and state. And on June 17th, the court found that their tax-credit program violated the NH Constitution. “A New Hampshire state court ruled today that a tuition tax-credit program violates the state constitution. The program was challenged by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the […]
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How Many Voucher Frauds in Louisiana? No One Kno...
Education historian and public school champion Diane Ravitch calls out Louisiana’s voucher program as a sorry example of education “reform.” “It is a living demonstration of what happens when public officials abandon responsibility for the children and institutions in their care. Watch what happens when the state gives children a voucher for public funds and […]
US Senate Committee Votes Against School Voucher Pl...
In an important victory for church-state separation, a U.S. Senate committee has handily voted down a voucher proposal that could have diverted billions to religious and other private schools. At a June 12 markup, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 14-8 against an amendment to S. 1094, the “Strengthening America’s Schools Act,” that […]
Voucher Schools Don’t Always Take Special Needs Studen...
Kim Fitzer’s daughter, Trinity, was attending kindergarten at Northwest Catholic School in Milwaukee with a voucher from the state for the 2011-12 school year. But Trinity, then 6, had gastrointestinal problems and anxiety — conditions Fitzer said the private school was ill equipped to address. Fitzer said the school repeatedly called her to pick up […]