Reposted by Chris Oden
In one low-income Phoenix ZIP code, ProPublica estimates that only one voucher was used per 100 kids.
That’s compared to a wealthy ZIP code where an estimated 28 vouchers were used per 100 kids.
(Published Oct. 2024)
That’s compared to a wealthy ZIP code where an estimated 28 vouchers were used per 100 kids.
(Published Oct. 2024)
In a State With School Vouchers for All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them
Working-class parents often express interest in vouchers. But in Arizona, the nation’s school choice capital, these families aren’t using them due to the inaccessibility of private schools and the…
propub.li
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In one low-income Phoenix ZIP code, ProPublica estimates that only one voucher was used per 100 kids.
That’s compared to a wealthy ZIP code where an estimated 28 vouchers were used per 100 kids.
(Published Oct. 2024)
That’s compared to a wealthy ZIP code where an estimated 28 vouchers were used per 100 kids.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Reposted by Chris Oden
Rep. DeLauro issued a warning about the deep cuts to education that Trump and Musk are planning - They want to fire 300,000 teachers!
dianeravitch.net/2025/03/26/r...
dianeravitch.net/2025/03/26/r...
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: Trump and Musk Want to Fire Nearly 300,000 Teachers
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut is a stalwart ally of public schools. When Democrats controlled the House of Representatives, she was chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee …
dianeravitch.net
March 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Rep. DeLauro issued a warning about the deep cuts to education that Trump and Musk are planning - They want to fire 300,000 teachers!
dianeravitch.net/2025/03/26/r...
dianeravitch.net/2025/03/26/r...
This seems bad for public schools.
www.cbsnews.com/news/departm...
www.cbsnews.com/news/departm...
Education Department announces it's cutting nearly 50% of workforce
The Department of Education said staff affected by the job cuts would be placed on leave starting Friday, March 21.
www.cbsnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This seems bad for public schools.
www.cbsnews.com/news/departm...
www.cbsnews.com/news/departm...
Reposted by Chris Oden
Close the Department of ED? One more step in the Right Wing movement to destroy your neighborhood public schools. vimeo.com/1037605993?s...
Abolishing the Department of Education.
The U.S. Department of Education has a critical mission protecting students in states that appear hellbent on destroying their public schools. And that's…
vimeo.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Close the Department of ED? One more step in the Right Wing movement to destroy your neighborhood public schools. vimeo.com/1037605993?s...
This seems bad for public schools.
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This seems bad for public schools.
Reposted by Chris Oden
#schoolchoiceweek is a billionaire-funded PR campaign to destroy public schools. Don't be fooled.
To learn more, go here
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-is-not-what-it-sounds-like-burris-20250101/
To learn more, go here
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-is-not-what-it-sounds-like-burris-20250101/
January 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#schoolchoiceweek is a billionaire-funded PR campaign to destroy public schools. Don't be fooled.
To learn more, go here
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-is-not-what-it-sounds-like-burris-20250101/
To learn more, go here
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-is-not-what-it-sounds-like-burris-20250101/
Reposted by Chris Oden
Nearly all parent's first choice is well-funded public schools. #schoolchoiceweek is really about defunding them. To learn more, go here
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-is-not-what-it-sounds-like-burris-20250101/
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-is-not-what-it-sounds-like-burris-20250101/
January 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nearly all parent's first choice is well-funded public schools. #schoolchoiceweek is really about defunding them. To learn more, go here
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-is-not-what-it-sounds-like-burris-20250101/
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-is-not-what-it-sounds-like-burris-20250101/
This seems bad for public schools.
This is it. The next earthquake.
The next Dobbs.
Fully funded public religious schools.
Is it possible the magnitude of what was coming was suppressed prior to the election? Yep.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
The next Dobbs.
Fully funded public religious schools.
Is it possible the magnitude of what was coming was suppressed prior to the election? Yep.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court to hear church-state fight over bid to launch first publicly funded religious charter school
An attempt to authorize the Catholic school was challenged as a violation of the First Amendment, which limits government involvement in religion.
www.nbcnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This seems bad for public schools.
The fact that the Supreme Court would even agree to hear this case telegraphs how they’ll rule.
Seems bad for public schools. apnews.com/article/supr...
Seems bad for public schools. apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ 1st publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma.
apnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that the Supreme Court would even agree to hear this case telegraphs how they’ll rule.
Seems bad for public schools. apnews.com/article/supr...
Seems bad for public schools. apnews.com/article/supr...
“In other states where universal vouchers have been approved almost all of the new money goes to families currently sending their children to private or religious schools or being homeschooled, which is a new expense to those states…”
indepthnh.org/2025/01/18/o...
indepthnh.org/2025/01/18/o...
Op-Ed: Reading Between the Lines of Education Freedom Account Expansion
The advocates for opening the state’s school voucher program, Education Freedom Accounts, to all students in the state regardless of their parents’ income did a massive public relations and organizati...
indepthnh.org
January 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“In other states where universal vouchers have been approved almost all of the new money goes to families currently sending their children to private or religious schools or being homeschooled, which is a new expense to those states…”
indepthnh.org/2025/01/18/o...
indepthnh.org/2025/01/18/o...
Anyone following this story in Indiana? Seems bad for public schools. www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...
'This legislation is not student focused’: IPS board members denounce attempt to dissolve district
The pushback against the legislation comes as IPS faces yet another session that could leave the district even more financially strapped and struggling for survival.
www.chalkbeat.org
January 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Anyone following this story in Indiana? Seems bad for public schools. www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...
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“…the state board of education has narrowly approved a controversial new curriculum that targets elementary school students for religious indoctrination.”
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
thehill.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“…the state board of education has narrowly approved a controversial new curriculum that targets elementary school students for religious indoctrination.”
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
This guy seems bad for public schools.
OK Schools Chief Ryan Walters says that public school teachers are the ones responsible for domestic terrorism. He says teachers have turned classrooms into “terrorist training camps” by indoctrinating students to “hate America.”
January 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This guy seems bad for public schools.
The ultimate goal of charter and voucher scams:
“Charter schools were the bait for vouchers, and vouchers the lure for public acceptance of market-based schooling.”
“Charter schools were the bait for vouchers, and vouchers the lure for public acceptance of market-based schooling.”
The “school choice movement” has always been a classic bait-and-switch swindle: Charter schools were the bait for vouchers, and vouchers the lure for public acceptance of market-based schooling. https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/school-choice-is-not-what-it-sounds-like-burris-20250101/
School Choice Is Not What It Sounds Like
The movement’s ultimate objective is to put an end to public responsibility for education entirely.
progressive.org
January 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The ultimate goal of charter and voucher scams:
“Charter schools were the bait for vouchers, and vouchers the lure for public acceptance of market-based schooling.”
“Charter schools were the bait for vouchers, and vouchers the lure for public acceptance of market-based schooling.”
Reposted by Chris Oden
The first step to fixing our economy is understanding the real problem — big money corrupting our politics and rigging the system against working people. Watch.
youtu.be/HZ3j4hHMO5E?...
youtu.be/HZ3j4hHMO5E?...
The 10 Biggest Myths About Our Economy
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
January 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The first step to fixing our economy is understanding the real problem — big money corrupting our politics and rigging the system against working people. Watch.
youtu.be/HZ3j4hHMO5E?...
youtu.be/HZ3j4hHMO5E?...
Guns seem bad for schools.
BREAKING: Multiple people have reportedly been injured in a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. Our hearts go out to the entire Madison community as we continue to monitor the situation.
Live updates: School shooting investigated at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin
Latest news and live updates on the potential school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Guns seem bad for schools.
bsky.app/profile/nyti... This seems bad for public schools.
The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
December 14, 2024 at 4:39 AM
bsky.app/profile/nyti... This seems bad for public schools.
Reposted by Chris Oden
What do Trump and McMahon have in mind for public schools? It's not pretty. @network4pubed.bsky.social whiteboard explainer breaks it down. Go here: vimeo.com/1034506987?s...
Trump and McMahon's America First Agenda Puts Students and Their Teacher's Last
Linda McMahon, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, is Board Chair of America First, which has an agenda for K-12 schools. It is filled with a subtle…
vimeo.com
November 29, 2024 at 12:51 PM
What do Trump and McMahon have in mind for public schools? It's not pretty. @network4pubed.bsky.social whiteboard explainer breaks it down. Go here: vimeo.com/1034506987?s...