Tag: School vouchers
School vouchers expand despite evidence of negative effects
Christopher Lubienski, Indiana University and Joel R Malin, Miami University
For the past couple of decades, proponents of vouchers for private schools have been pushing...
George H.W. Bush laid the foundation for education reform
Jack Schneider, University of Massachusetts Lowell
George H.W. Bush fulfilled his desire – articulated late in his 1988 campaign for president – to be “the...
Betsy DeVos has little to show after 2 years in office
Dustin Hornbeck, Miami University
Despite widespread fear that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would dismantle the public system of education, she has failed to accomplish...
The Supreme Court, religion and the future of school choice
John E. Taylor, West Virginia University
The Supreme Court recently decided that Trinity Lutheran Church should be eligible for a Missouri state grant covering the...
Trump budget would abandon public education for private choice
Derek Black, University of South Carolina
The Trump administration has announced its plan to transform education funding as we know it. The new...
Tax credits, school choice and ‘neovouchers’: What you need to know
Kevin Welner, University of Colorado
As Republican lawmakers craft a tax reform bill, there’s speculation on the import taxes, value-added taxes and tax...
What cyber charter schools are and why their growth should worry...
Bryan Mann, Pennsylvania State University and David Baker, Pennsylvania State University
What President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican sweep of government will mean for K-12...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
