Word: voucherization
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Waiting for a voucher program to provide a cost-effective alternative your local, failing public schools? Don?t hold your breath...
...tide against school vouchers appears to be building: On Election Day, voters in California and Michigan overwhelmingly defeated voucher propositions by a margin of 2-to-1, despite a $30 million pro-voucher campaign spearheaded by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper. In Washington, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Colorado and Arizona, voters approved significant spending increases for public schools, another signal that the public isn?t convinced of vouchers? potency...
...such a groundswell of opposition? One theory holds that Americans simply aren?t ready to give up on public schools, and indeed there is a widespread perception, fanned by voucher opponents, that accepting vouchers means leaving public schools...
...Vouchers do garner some support, of course, particularly among conservative Republicans. But on the other side of the fence, fueling the growing resistance against vouchers, you?ll find almost everyone else, including, according to most studies, many of the low-income families voucher advocates claim would benefit most from school choice programs...
...Waters, the voter turnout in states with initiatives is three to seven percent higher than those without. He says that this difference can be attributed to voters feeling that they are voting for direct results, not just promises. The Republican governor of Michigan attempted to keep a school voucher initiative off the ballot because he feared that it would cause more Democrats to vote...