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School Vouchers
A School Vouchers guide, with links, news, and comments. Educational voucher programs, which provide parents with public grants to send their children to the public or private schools of their choice, are one of the most controversial of... [more]
A School Vouchers guide, with links, news, and comments. Educational voucher programs, which provide parents with public grants to send their children to the public or private schools of their choice, are one of the most controversial of school-choice alternatives.
The introduction of the Early Years Single Funding Formula, combined with the phasing out of childcare vouchers, looks set to have a devastating effect on childcare providers, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for children, schools and families has warned.
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Two top elected officials in Ward 6 have written to Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill) opposing reauthorization of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCSOP), asserting that some students who receive the federally-funded vouchers attend "seriously deficient" private schools or religious schools with discriminatory employment practices. The future of the program remains in doubt as Congress decides on appropriations bills. President Obama favors...
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From voices.washingtonpost.com
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For the past eight years, the Washington County Department of Job and Family Services has provided school clothing vouchers to thousands of under-privileged children in the county.
Due to budget cuts, this could be the last year for the program.
Applications for the program have already been processed and more than 2,500 children have been selected to receive vouchers worth $175 apiece.
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From mariettatimes.com
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Pop Quiz: What’s the best education policy a moderate politician in Virginia can pursue?
Vouchers
Charter Schools
Education Tax Credits
Conventional wisdom says go with charter schools, because they are a bipartisan, moderate compromise reform that will get you the largest number of Independents and the least opposition. Vouchers [...]
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Oakland Terrace Elementary School in Silver Spring, one of the most overcrowded schools in an crowded district, has 800 students, 10 kindergarten classes, 11 portable classrooms and only four and a half restrooms. But the numbers are an abstraction until lunchtime.
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From washingtonpost.com
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As President Obama pushes for more charter schools, the education world craves a report card on an experiment nearly two decades old. How are these independent public schools doing? The safest and perhaps most accurate reply -- it depends -- leaves many unsatisfied.
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It's lunchtime at Patuxent High School in Southern Maryland, but it looks and sounds more like recess.
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