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People also call such programs “vouchers,” though school choice proponents don’t typically use the term. Abbott and the Legislature are calling the program “education savings accounts."
Vouchers will harm Texas. Advocating for funneling tax dollars to private and mostly religious schools reinforces a false narrative and defeatist attitude. Our children deserve better.
The debate about 'school choice' How much ESA programs cost has varied from state to state -- in Arizona, the ESA program has been estimated by the state governor's office to cost the state ...
The April survey of 1,600 likely Texas voters from the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation showed that 57% of likely voters oppose legislation that would use tax dollars to provide school vouchers to ...
Ahead of March 5 and in the run-up to Tuesday's runoffs, the pro-school choice GOP challengers spent millions on ads, many of which portrayed the Republican incumbents as liberal.
EdChoice, founded by Milton and Rose Friedman in 1996, is a non-profit organization that promotes universal school vouchers and other forms of school choice. In defense of vouchers, it cites empirical research showing that students who were randomly assigned to receive vouchers had higher academic outcomes than students who applied for vouchers ...
For the 2020–2021 school year, public school enrollment fell by 3 percent. Private and charter schools grew an estimated 7 percent. 18 states either initiated school-choice programs or expanded offerings, making 3.6 million American students eligible for school choice and/or homeschool support programs. Several states expanded eligibility to ...
More: School choice, vouchers, education savings accounts. What Texas lawmakers are debating. ... John C. Moritz covers Texas government and politics for the USA Today Network in Austin.