The population of students attending private schools has gotten whiter nationwide, even as the proportion of Black and Hispanic students in public schools has grown, according to a new report. But the report overlooks some compelling evidence that private school choice programs, particularly those aimed at low-income families, could mitigate[Read More…]
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Florida tax credit scholarships offer good model for Texas school “vouchers”
No essay titled the “Voucher Rabbit Hole” needs to be treated as though it were a search for academic truths, but Grand Prairie educator Jerry Burkett would better contribute to the current debate in Texas if he weren’t so fixated on Georgia. To be sure, Georgia’s tax credit scholarship has been[Read More…]
The missing pieces in Georgia …
The Southern Education Foundation’s new and scathing report on the Georgia Tax Credit Scholarship does veer into some unfortunate doctrinaire attacks on religion and race, but its description of the missing layers of public accountability is largely on target. That the report’s title, A Failed Experiment, turns on some unproven[Read More…]