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Vouchers

Vouchers - as well as state-sponsored tax credit programs that support private schools - divert resources from public schools, privatizing public education by subsidizing religious and private schools. Moreover, vouchers affect only a limited number of students and, as many studies show, don't improve their educational experiences.

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Vouchers Toolkit

An overview of vouchers, including talking points, resources and key organizations. Click here to download the full PDF, or view individual sections of the toolkit on the right.

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Toolkit

Vouchers Toolkit

National Opportunity to Learn Campaign, Oct 2011

The National Opportunity to Learn Campaign has developed this toolkit on vouchers, a primer that includes an overview of the issue, talking points, key data and resources. This toolkit provides all the tools you need to advocate for investing in public education instead of diverting public funds to private and religious schools.

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Report

Keeping Informed about School Vouchers: A Review of Major Developments and Research

Alexandra Usher, Nancy Kober Center on Education Policy, Jul 2011

The Center for Education Policy examines a decade’s worth of research on school vouchers, including the effects on graduation rates, parental satisfaction, public school achievement and the cost to taxpayers. Among the report’s key findings is that vouchers have no clear positive effect on student academic achievement. The report stresses the need for closer scrutiny of voucher research to ensure greater objectivity because CEP’s reviewers found that a majority of previous research has been conducted or sponsored by voucher proponents.

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Blog Posts on Vouchers

Grandparents Know Vouchers Don't Work

May 14

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Wisconsin is marching inexorably down a path toward two separate publicly-funded education systems for our K-12 students. One is our traditional public schools; the other is a system of private voucher schools largely funded by taxpayer dollars.