Today, DCPS continued to support our partnership with @RiverValleyAA Hospital by attending the Grand Opening of the newly created BIRCH Program. As a public school district, we are proud to continue to provide instruction for students in this program and those at RVBH.
Don't get distracted. The phrase "...outside the system of common schools" says it all.
Amendment 2 is the Voucher Amendment and vouchers would devastate our public schools.
Vote NO. #VoteNOon2
Avg of 75% go to families whose students never stepped foot in a public school. Real simple, they use all of the budget established by the state, then politicians increase the budget to make people happy creating a run-a-way cost that’s breaking state budgets.
This is entirely by design.
~A decade ago a series of horrific voucher outcomes began appearing as voucher schemes grew.
The voucher lobby knew it. I knew it.
We all knew it.
There’s now an entire sub-industry of excuses to stop those headlines again.
https://t.co/C8aPwyCfK4
Periodic reminder that when Koch groups like Ginny’s push vouchers as a solution to COVID learning loss, vouchers have actually caused up to 2x the academic harm as the pandemic itself.
Two lawmakers who were against state-funded school vouchers were defeated in Republican primaries. But in what could become a critical loss, incumbent Senate Ed chair Jon Lundberg ― who sponsored Gov. Lee's voucher legislation this year ― was defeated https://t.co/gJq1ymLQqU
Dr. @joshcowenMSU, Leading National Expert on Private Education Vouchers, Joins Education Law Center as Visiting Senior Fellow https://t.co/XohVFze1BO
KY voters decide this fall whether to give lawmakers new blanket authority to direct public tax $$$ to private schools. Join us Aug 14 at noon (ET) for a free webinar on Amendment 2, a.k.a. the Voucher Amendment. Register: https://t.co/CibQlwM6FN #VoteNoOn2#VoteNOonAmendment2
Many school board members and public education advocates in rural areas of the state are concerned that passage of Amendment 2 could have devastating consequences for their local public schools & the students they serve. #VoteNoOn2#PublicFundsForPublicSchools#VoteNOonAmendment2
Instead of sending taxpayer money to private schools, we should focus on public schools -- where 90% of children attend -- and not take money away from them.
Commit to Vote No on Amendment 2 here: https://t.co/sZModDpzpm
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Amendment 2 asks us if we want our tax dollars to go to public schools or to unaccountable, private schools.
The bottom line is that this is a voucher amendment and vouchers would devastate our public schools.
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