Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-05-03/education/pa-house-committee-approves-private-schools-voucher-increase/a66363-1 May 3, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Advocates for public schools in Pennsylvania say there’s no data to show whether students receiving vouchers have improved academic outcomes. (smolaw11/AdobeStock) HARRISBURG, … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): On May 7, by a near party-line vote of 111 to 85, the Pennsylvania House passed HB 800, a reckless, unchecked, massive expansion of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) school voucher program in … Continued
From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (http://www.itep.org/): A new report by ITEP and AASA, the School Superintendents Association, details how tax subsidies that funnel money toward private schools are being used as profitable tax shelters by high-income taxpayers. … Continued
From Americans United for Separation of Church and State (http://www.au.org): President Donald Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have launched their big push for private school vouchers in earnest. Just days after Trump touted “school choice” in his speech before … Continued