That’s because they aren’t a cost to the public system isn’t it? In Australia we fund independent and religious schools because it costs the taxpayer less per student, and it’s not like their parents don’t pay taxes.
r/noshitshelock, also this data is not beautiful
Funneling tax payer money into private entities is a longstanding Republican tradition.
About 19% of the EdChoice-Expansion state payments during the 2023-2024 school year went to families with incomes of 451% or higher of the federal poverty level
So 81% went to people in lower brackets? 451% of the federal poverty level is 140k for a family of 4, that’s a pretty middle class income these days.
When my state started approving private charter schools with the intent to open vouchers, they immediately opened a new school in an abandoned medical research lab.
While companies are converting the cheapest spaces they can find into schools, our public system is canceling days because of water pipes, furnaces, or high temperatures on an almost weekly basis. Our rural schools are closing forcing kids into hour plus commutes to school and crowded classrooms with underpaid teachers.
That money was going towards public schools anyways. School vouchers overwhelmingly help poor, minority students who are no longer forced to attend crumbling public schools.
“Barack Obama…spent his entire presidency trying to shut down a school voucher program in Washington, D.C., that gives poor black and brown children access to private schools and, according to the Education Department’s own evaluation, improves their chances of graduating by as much as 21 percentage points… Attending a charter middle school in Harlem “sharply reduced the chances of teen pregnancy (for girls) and incarceration (for boys),” and “a Florida charter school increased students’ earnings as adults.” Mr. West concludes that “attending a school of choice, whether private or charter, is especially beneficial for minority students living in urban areas.”
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That’s because they aren’t a cost to the public system isn’t it? In Australia we fund independent and religious schools because it costs the taxpayer less per student, and it’s not like their parents don’t pay taxes.
r/noshitshelock, also this data is not beautiful
Funneling tax payer money into private entities is a longstanding Republican tradition.
About 19% of the EdChoice-Expansion state payments during the 2023-2024 school year went to families with incomes of 451% or higher of the federal poverty level
So 81% went to people in lower brackets? 451% of the federal poverty level is 140k for a family of 4, that’s a pretty middle class income these days.
When my state started approving private charter schools with the intent to open vouchers, they immediately opened a new school in an abandoned medical research lab.
While companies are converting the cheapest spaces they can find into schools, our public system is canceling days because of water pipes, furnaces, or high temperatures on an almost weekly basis. Our rural schools are closing forcing kids into hour plus commutes to school and crowded classrooms with underpaid teachers.
That money was going towards public schools anyways. School vouchers overwhelmingly help poor, minority students who are no longer forced to attend crumbling public schools.
“Barack Obama…spent his entire presidency trying to shut down a school voucher program in Washington, D.C., that gives poor black and brown children access to private schools and, according to the Education Department’s own evaluation, improves their chances of graduating by as much as 21 percentage points… Attending a charter middle school in Harlem “sharply reduced the chances of teen pregnancy (for girls) and incarceration (for boys),” and “a Florida charter school increased students’ earnings as adults.” Mr. West concludes that “attending a school of choice, whether private or charter, is especially beneficial for minority students living in urban areas.”
https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2019/11/19/education-week-part-ii-the-case-for-school-choice/
Just admit you hate the poor
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