In a State With School Vouchers For All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them (www.propublica.org)

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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 costs of transportation, meals and uniforms.

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

I... am pretty sure that's the goal. It's segregation by another name.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Is be interested to know if teacher pay in private education goes up as a result of vouchers. From what I have heard private education teachers are behind public often...

[-] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

they often are non-union too. Pretty sure that's another major goal of the push for private schools.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

To no one's surprise, the right wing policy takes from the poor and gives to the rich.

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