Vouchers
School choice is an increasingly hot topic in education, with the Trump administration vowing to expand it and states moving aggressively to create more and more options for parents. Today, 44 states and the District of Columbia have public charter schools serving more than 3 million students. Meanwhile, about half a million students in 31 states attend private schools using public dollars in the form of vouchers, tax credits or education savings accounts.
Views about vouchers differ in the education reform community with some favoring and others opposing. Even here at Education Post, we all support high-quality public charter schools but we have differing views around private school choice.
- Our Executive Director Peter Cunningham is against spending public dollars on private schools.
- Blogger and teacher Marilyn Rhames says that as a mother of three in a community with few quality educational options, a voucher would be a big help.
- Our Communications Director Mike Vaughn outlines a middle ground on the issue.
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