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Public Funds Public Schools 9/20/24 Public Funds Public Schools 9/20/24

Anti-Voucher Victories in 2024: A Conversation with Education Advocates from MS, NJ, ID, TX and TN

Although private school voucher programs continue to spread across the country, many states have remained voucher-free or held off significant expansions. In this webinar experienced advocates discussed the work of their organizations and numerous allies to oppose voucher legislation. They offered insight, strategies, and tips for others working against school privatization in their states, with plenty of time for Q&A.

Southern Education Foundation 9/12/24 Southern Education Foundation 9/12/24

Education Policy in the South: 2024 Legislative Spotlight

This webinar provides a high-level overview of education policy and news from the 2024 southern legislative sessions, highlighting regional trends, and reviewing SEF’s policy recommendations. Partners, lawmakers, and other stakeholders are encouraged to attend and share widely across their networks.

Jeff Bryant 9/12/24 Jeff Bryant 9/12/24

Two Visions of a Populist Education System

When pundits describe the current political zeitgeist as a drift toward “populism,” they’re generally trying to convince you that something very bad is going on. But it’s important to understand that populism, a term that basically means the will of the people, can swing both ways. Nowhere is this more obvious than in education policy and politics

Phil Williams 9/12/24 Phil Williams 9/12/24

Secret recording shows pressure on Republican lawmakers to vote for school vouchers

Another secret recording obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates reveals how Tennessee lawmakers are facing pressure to send your tax dollars to the state's private schools.

In the recording, the lead lobbyist for a well-financed group lobbying for school vouchers warns a reluctant lawmaker that his job could be at stake if he doesn't vote the way she wants him to vote.

OpenSky Policy Institute 6/3/24 OpenSky Policy Institute 6/3/24

OpenSky School Privatization Webinar 2023

In this webinar Heather DuBois Bourenane of the Wisconsin Public Education Network, Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer of the Indiana Coalition for Public Education, and Beth Lewis from SOS Arizona talk with OpenSky about the impact of school privatization legislation in their states.

Up North Podcast 5/28/24 Up North Podcast 5/28/24

Highlights from Right Wing War on Education Podcast/Radio Show

Weekly one-hour interviews about the impacts of vouchers in Wisconsin featuring state and national experts

Indiana Coalition for Public Education 5/1/24 Indiana Coalition for Public Education 5/1/24

Indiana's Choice: A new documentary about education in Indiana

School choice has had troubling consequences for the Indiana K-12 public school system. Indiana’s Choice brings forward the voices of teachers, students, administrators, and parents to examine how school choice enables segregation of students and discrimination against students, families, and school employees.

Allen Pratt 2/29/24 Allen Pratt 2/29/24

As a Tennessee rural educator, I fear that school voucher expansion will hurt our children

The National Rural Education Association (NREA) advocates for equitable educational opportunities for the nearly 9 million students attending rural public schools across America. Tennessee has over 600,000 students in rural districts that are the backbone of our communities. But now our rural schools face an existential threat from school vouchers.

OpenSky Policy Institute 2/29/24 OpenSky Policy Institute 2/29/24

Respect voters' decision on diverting tax dollars to private schools

Legislative Bill 753 will be on the ballot in November 2024, and it's up to Nebraska voters now to decide if the state should go forward with a program to divert tax dollars to fund private school tuition.

State Rep. Glenn Rogers 1/18/24 State Rep. Glenn Rogers 1/18/24

Vouchers are not conservative

A voucher program is a policy of diverting state and taxpayer resources marked for public education to private entities. Proponents of this system try to claim that children are “trapped in the public education system they were raised in.” This is, quite frankly, not true.

Cyrus Driver and Mary Gonzalez 1/11/24 Cyrus Driver and Mary Gonzalez 1/11/24

School choice seems like a quick fix, but does more harm than good for families in the U.S.

Right now, a lot of people claim to have the answer to solving the problem of equity in our education system. It seems that equity in education is a value many of us share, regardless of political leaning. There are a number of roads that people think will take us there, but not all roads are clear on the reality that education is a public good and a key ingredient in a healthy democracy.

CREED and HEAL NC 1/11/24 CREED and HEAL NC 1/11/24

Students, educators advocate for public schools

Every Child NC's "Opportunity for Every Child" rally was held in response to the Republican-led legislative efforts to expand private school vouchers this long session. Speakers spoke about the importance of funding quality and equitable public education.

Rally against private school vouchers</a> (CBS17)

CREED and HEAL NC 1/11/24 CREED and HEAL NC 1/11/24

Rally against private school vouchers (CBS17)

CBS 17 covers a a CREED and HEAL NC rally against school vouchers.

Sherri Jones 1/11/24 Sherri Jones 1/11/24

Let’s listen to what parents, not politicians, really want from their public schools

As a school board member in Arizona, I hear the concerns, hopes and frustrations that parents and citizens have about our public schools. The things that families worry about? School safety, shrinking budgets, student achievement and the accessibility of programs.

These are the issues that unite our students and families in our public schools and the kinds of problems that they want addressed. And these are the issues that I really want to work on with other policymakers who, regardless of political affiliation, care about similar things.

Kevin Welner 1/11/24 Kevin Welner 1/11/24

‘Government Schools’ or Public Schools? Trump, DeVos, and the Language of School Choice

President Donald Trump didn’t coin the phrase “government schools.” But he gave it a big stage and a broader public audience during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, when he used it to urge Congress to back a bill that would provide $5 billion in tax credits to support scholarships for private school admission, tutoring, and other educational services.

Policy Matters Ohio 1/11/24 Policy Matters Ohio 1/11/24

Ohio Anti-Voucher Coalition (WCBE)

Ohio public school districts that support a lawsuit against the state over private school vouchers say Republican leaders are bullying and intimidating them.

According to A.J. Calderone, superintendent of LaBrae Local Schools in Trumbull County and a member of the coalition Vouchers Hurt Ohio , Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) and Auditor Keith Faber (R-Ohio) wrote to all of Ohio’s public school districts earlier this summer asking for information about individual school districts that were involved in the lawsuit against the state. Calderone said the letter was unnecessary because the requested information would have been available through the state's Legislative Service Commission.

Policy Matters Ohio 1/11/24 Policy Matters Ohio 1/11/24

Ohio Lawsuit (NBC4)

A growing number of school districts are joining a lawsuit against the state, pushing back against private school vouchers. The lawsuit was filed last year and is awaiting trial.

“Vouchers are going on trial,” Dayton Public Schools board member Jocelyn Rhynard said. “And we will make our case in the court of law, where the law matters, and the constitution cannot be ignored.”