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Watch This: The Problem with School Vouchers

Jan 18, 2024 | Easy A, Public Education

Now that you’ve read about school vouchers, let’s dig a little deeper. Watch this video with education journalist Jennifer Berkshire where she shares how school vouchers are not a new idea. These programs have been around for awhile, but get renamed and rebranded by those who advocate for them because they know they are unpopular. Voters have historically rejected vouchers because they don’t want taxpayer dollars going to private religious schools, and because they see how school choice programs don’t benefit most students. We support public education as an institution that benefits all of us.

 

 

To hear more of our discussion about school vouchers, check out the full podcast here, or stream anywhere you get your podcasts.

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