Privatization

Coast Mom Robin Boswell on School Choice: It’s a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

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School choice may sound good on the surface, but, as this mom warns, it’s really “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Hear Robin Boswell of Ocean Springs explain it  here. How has the private school “choice” voucher program worked for our neighbor, Louisiana? Despite cherry-picking their students, Louisiana private schools’ voucher students lost ground in math, reading, science, and social studies and […]

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School Choice Proponents Spreading False Information

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When the facts are inconvenient, the “school choice” crowd makes up its own. A promotional piece placed on legislators’ desks by a private school group pushing tax credit scholarships (vouchers) is filled with false and misleading information. The real facts are here. In states with voucher programs, voucher students in private schools perform about the same

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Voucher Program a Failure

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Across the U.S. and in Mississippi, voucher programs have been a failure and a massive waste of taxpayer dollars. Nationally, research shows that children receiving vouchers to attend private schools perform no better than, and often worse than, their peers in public schools while diminishing resources for children being educated in public schools. The net

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American Federation for Children is Buying Legislative Seats to Privatize Public Education

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The American Federation for Children turned its attention to Mississippi after successfully bankrolling the wins of privatization candidates in state legislatures in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennesse, and Wisconsin in 2014. Not limiting its PAC money to legislative races, AFC has also spread its influence to judicial and local school board campaigns in

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Vouchers, Graduation Requirements, and Common Core

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Last week, Governor Bryant signed SB 2695, the voucher bill that allows taxpayer dollars to be used to pay tuition for children with special needs to attend private academies and for-profit schools. The voucher schools are not required to admit all students who apply and are not required to provide special education services to the

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Down to the Wire: Privatization Votes Coming in House and Senate

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When you pray, move your feet.  It’s an old proverb that is among my favorites. Sometimes, the answer to a heartfelt prayer comes in a call to get up and do something – to be the vessel, the hands and feet, through which important works are done.  Mississippi parents are answering that call. They are moving their feet

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Privatization Forces at the Capitol

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Our kids need your help. Well-funded privatization forces are gaining ground in their efforts to privatize Mississippi’s public education system, a move that would hand state tax dollars and our children’s futures to unaccountable for-profit, virtual, and private schools. Here’s what we know: a wealthy Mississippi businessman who supports privatization measures is offering large amounts

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