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SOS AZ wants real reforms of vouchers, not extinction
Remarkably, I learned at last week’s Senate Finance Committee hearing that there are some people who still don’t know Save Our Schools Arizona’s stance on the Empowerment Scholarship Account voucher program. As an educator, I’m accustomed to repeating myself over and over again day after day for years on end, so I’m more than happy to apply that skill here.
School vouchers have voters’ approval, poll says
A poll commissioned by school-choice group American Federation for Children suggested a tough road ahead for a group working on a ballot measure to repeal an expansion of vouchers.
Dawn Penich-Thacker: A first-generation American out to ‘Save Our Schools’
Arizona State University rhetoric professor Dawn Penich-Thacker started teaching when she was just 5 years old. She would sit around her family’s dining room table, preparing her parents for the United States citizenship exam with flashcards and quizzes.
GOP support of voucher expansion bill an insult to most students
How on earth do the Republicans in the state Legislature who voted for the Empowerment Scholarship Account (voucher) bill, or our governor, who signed it, look in the mirror and in good faith, not understand what they have just done.
Top teachers vent over Ducey signing voucher bill
Five current and former Arizona teachers of the year told Gov. Doug Ducey today that they feel betrayed after he signed an expansion of vouchers last week.
Analysts skeptical about fiscal benefits of expanded voucher program
State taxpayers will see minimal to no savings when students transfer from public to private schools under an expanded voucher program.
JLBC concludes voucher expansion will increase costs to state
Making vouchers universally available to pay for all children to attend private and parochial schools will actually increase costs to the state according to a legislative budget analysis.
Lesko proposal could greatly expand school ‘voucher’ funds
State lawmakers are making a new attempt to provide taxpayer-provided dollars to all of the 1.1 million students in Arizona schools to help their parents pay to instead send them to private and parochial schools.
Senate panel gives preliminary OK to school choice for tribal students
A Senate committee Wednesday gave narrow approval to a measure that would make education savings accounts available to children attending Bureau of Indian Education schools.
