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Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon

Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars

Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a ProPublica analysis found.

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A History of Private Schools and Race in the American South
History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Southern Education Foundation History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Southern Education Foundation

A History of Private Schools and Race in the American South

Private schools in the South were established, expanded, and supported to preserve the Southern tradition of racial segregation in the face of the federal courts’ dismantling of “separate but equal.” White students left public schools in droves to both traditional and newly formed private schools. From 1950 to 1965, private school enrollment grew at unprecedented rates all over the nation, with the South having the largest growth.

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Overturning Brown: The Segregationist Legacy of the Modern School Choice Movement
History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Public Funds Public Schools History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Public Funds Public Schools

Overturning Brown: The Segregationist Legacy of the Modern School Choice Movement

This PFPS webinar features Steve Suitts in a discussion about his must-read new book, “Overturning Brown: The Segregationist Legacy of the Modern School Choice Movement,” with Dr. Sybil Jordan Hampton, to whom Suitts dedicates the book in honor of her lifelong efforts to advance equality for school children.

In Overturning Brown, Suitts examines the parallels between southern segregationist practices and the modern school choice movement, exposing the fallacy behind the latter’s so-called civil rights agenda. The book also highlights the risks facing America’s underserved youth as expanding school voucher programs divert public funds to predominantly white, often wealthy private schools.

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Preferencing Educational Choice: The Constitutional Limits
History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Derek W. Black History of Vouchers Is Rooted in Segregation Derek W. Black

Preferencing Educational Choice: The Constitutional Limits

Rapidly expanding charter and voucher programs are establishing a new education paradigm in which access to traditional public schools is no longer guaranteed. In some areas, charter and voucher programs are on a trajectory to phase out traditional public schools altogether. This Article argues that this trend and its effects violate the constitutional right to public education embedded in all fifty state constitutions.

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