With Republicans riding high and all this freedom ringing all over the place, the push for universal school vouchers to give rich people a discount on their tony private school tuitions continues unabated.
In Arkansas we’re still bracing for the full force of the Arkansas LEARNS-enabled welfare scheme to turn over $7,000+ in public money to private- and homeschool families.
Data showing vouchers don’t improve student performance (and may actually make it worse) hasn’t made a dent. Conservative politicians in Arkansas and elsewhere remain bullish on what amounts to half-off tuition coupons for families who don’t need them. Will we stay the course when the make-believe budget surpluses they so gleefully tout are sucked away?
ProPublica is taking a look at Arizona, where universal school vouchers are sucking up hundreds of millions of dollars. W …
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