“Give them an inch, they’ll take a mile. Give them a voucher system, they’ll take your public school system…[In multiple states] limited voucher programs… targeted to poorer students have blown into entitlement programs for upper-middle class families.” georgiarecorder.com/2023/11/29/boo…
@DerekWBlack @pastors4txkids “Fake sympathy for the poor,” sums up so much heard from the mic in the Texas Capitol too. Where are those elected leader on every other issue impacting the poor? Heck, just look at Texas foster care system. 🤦🤦♀️
@DerekWBlack education freedom should be for everyone
@DerekWBlack Vouchers were never about educating poor and at-risk children. It was always a cloak and shadow shell game to siphon public tax dollars into the hands of the rich and separate middle-class white children from minorities. It is a con job on a national scale.
@DerekWBlack This article left out Arkansas, that had responsible limits for using public school money to help defined groups educationally, to a universal program with no limits implemented over 3 years. This year 90%+ voucher students were already in private school or first time K students.
@DerekWBlack @nhannahjones Vouchers also tell you what a good deal public school is. How many decent private schools have tuition as low as the cost of a publicly funded public school?
@DerekWBlack @BlackBag1 In "Florida, Arizona, Oklahoma and Louisiana..., what began as... limited voucher programs... targeted to poorer students, have blown up into expensive, taxpayer-funded entitlement programs for upper-middle class families" draining 100s of millions of $$ from public education
@DerekWBlack Just look at Arizona that’s all the proof you need.
@DerekWBlack Except they were never really “targeted to poorer students.” That narrative was just part of the scam.
@DerekWBlack This is a commentary and not a news story. What are public schools so afraid of? Why wouldn’t parents use their vouchers to send their child to the wonderful public schools ???