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 […]
The voucher program was meant to close the gap between the haves and the have-nots — the families who could already afford to send their children to private school and those who just couldn’t afford the tuition. But once the slots are filled, that dilemma returns — at least for those students who aren’t lucky […]
In his June 17 ruling, Strafford County Superior Court Judge John Lewis said while students and their parents have the right to choose a religious education, “the government is under no obligation to fund ‘religious’ education.” Read the entire article.
From NC Policy Watch education reporter Lindsay Wagner: As the North Carolina General Assembly considers enacting landmark legislation that would put publicly-funded vouchers for private schools in the hands of parents at a cost to public education of at least $50 million over the next two years, lawmakers and citizens are asking a simple question. […]
