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First grade teacher Laura Zapat cuts out laminated name tags for her students at Eddie Ruth Lagway Elementary School on August 10, 2023, in Willis, Texas.The push for “school vouchers” — the transfer of public funds into tuition subsidies for private secular and religious schools — has been a right-wing project from the start.
What I discovered in Milwaukee was horrific. Vouchers weren’t improving educational outcomes, and in some cases, they were leading to educational losses. As a graduate student at a major institution, I saw that we were being used to give credibility to pro-voucher arguments. As I note in the book, some academics — like Harvard’s Paul Peterson and others — have given legitimacy to vouchers by linking supporters to a prestigious institution.
A final group is made up of folks who want nothing to do with government money and prefer to remain far from government scrutiny. They oppose vouchers because they have antipathy for the state. In addition, the idea that private schools offer a race-neutral education is nonsense since we don’t live in a race-neutral society.We have to admit that public schools have not always served students well. Public schools have been starved for resources for decades and reflect the communities they’re located in. Geographic disparities exist. Income disparities exist. Racism exists. Vouchers can’t solve these problems.
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