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Here is the Truth: School Vouchers Just Don’t Work
Academic Performance Southern Education Foundation Academic Performance Southern Education Foundation

Here is the Truth: School Vouchers Just Don’t Work

The table, which is linked, highlights key student achievement results from six southern states. The chart shows that none of the selected school voucher programs with publicly accessible data demonstrably met their goals of increasing student achievement across grade levels, in specific subjects, or on statewide college-readiness assessments.

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Most new voucher recipients didn't come from an NC public school, new data shows
Studies Reports and Data Emily Walkenhorst and Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporters Studies Reports and Data Emily Walkenhorst and Destinee Patterson, WRAL reporters

Most new voucher recipients didn't come from an NC public school, new data shows

Most of North Carolina's publicly funded general private school tuition vouchers this year went to students who were not enrolled in a North Carolina public school the year before, a new state report shows.

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction found 6,710 recipients of the voucher, called an Opportunity Scholarship, this year attended a public school in the state last year.

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About That Urban Institute Voucher Study: Q&A With Josh Cowen
Studies Reports and Data National Education Policy Center and Joshua Cowen Studies Reports and Data National Education Policy Center and Joshua Cowen

About That Urban Institute Voucher Study: Q&A With Josh Cowen

The Urban Institute released a report on April 22nd that has been gaining excessive attention among advocates of private-school vouchers. In the Q&A below, National Education Policy Center director Kevin Welner asks Josh Cowen of Michigan State University to help us un- derstand that study and why there has been so much interest among folks who have other- wise been shielding their eyes from recent voucher research. Prof. Cowen was lead author of a similar study published in 2013, so we thought he would be the ideal person to comment on this new one. Cowen is the author of the 2024 book, The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers (Harvard Education Press).

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House Tax Bill Enlists the Wealthy to Spread Private School Vouchers
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House Tax Bill Enlists the Wealthy to Spread Private School Vouchers

The tax plan moving through the U.S. House of Representatives includes a provision granting extraordinarily generous treatment to nonprofits that give out vouchers for free or reduced tuition at private K-12 schools. While the bill significantly cuts charitable giving incentives overall, nonprofits that commit to focusing solely on supporting private K-12 schools would be spared from those cuts and see their donors’ tax incentive almost triple relative to what they receive today. On top of that, the bill goes out of its way to provide school voucher donors who contribute corporate stock with an extra layer of tax subsidy that works as a lucrative tax shelter. Essentially, the bill allows wealthy individuals to avoid paying capital gains tax as a reward for funneling public funds into private schools.

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How to Fight Vouchers in 2025: A Toolkit for Advocates
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How to Fight Vouchers in 2025: A Toolkit for Advocates

This PFPS webinar featured ELC Senior Fellow Josh Cowen, Nicole Fuller from the National Coalition for Public Education, and speakers from PFPS/ELC who shared information, resources, tools, and tips to help advocates prepare for crucial state and federal legislative fights over private school voucher programs in 2025.

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