“Two years ago, when the voucher system was first proposed, the proponents pledged vouchers would be available only to those students who had first attended a public school and found it didn’t adequately meet their needs. They also vowed vouchers would only be awarded to low-income students who couldn’t afford another choice and that the […]
“In a new report, entitled “P is for Payoff: Inside the Bradley Foundation’s Campaign to Privatize Education in Wisconsin,” the non-profit activist group One Wisconsin Now has detailed the Bradley Foundation’s funding of a coordinated campaign to promote school privatization in Wisconsin and across the nation. The report “reveals a web of right-wing groups are […]
In North Carolina, proposed House Bill 269 would award a $3,000 grant per semester for students with disabilities to attend any nonpublic school and to receive special education and related services. Multiple criteria must be met. The NC State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA) will receive $3,670,500 from the general fund for FY 2013-14 and $4,341,000 for […]
From the Wilmington Star News: “For a group of politicians who claim they want to strengthen our public schools, the Honorables have a strange way of going about it. In their world, better public schools can be had only by siphoning off students and money into charter and private schools, and by eliminating the cap […]
