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School Vouchers
March 21, 2024
Ana Marie Cox
Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton Are Pushing Texas Even Further Right
The two top lawmakers in the Lone Star State are pursuing personal vendettas against fellow Republicans—and leading their party into the fringes.
May 22, 2019
Magazine
Jennifer C. Berkshire
Cory Booker Was Once a Foot Soldier for Betsy DeVos
The Democratic candidate claims to be a defender of public education. But in 2000, he hawked school vouchers for the future education secretary.
March 22, 2017
Graham Vyse
Betsy DeVos’s “School Choice” Fallacy
“Undermining public education is not a choice,” Senator Patty Murray said in a speech Wednesday, railing against the education secretary's policies.
March 22, 2017
Graham Vyse
DeVos-style school privatization is surging in the states.
March 8, 2017
Graham Vyse
Betsy DeVos and House Republicans have D.C. schools in the crosshairs.
March 3, 2017
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump’s school voucher plan would fail his voters.
March 1, 2017
Graham Vyse
One “school choice” success story proves nothing.
January 30, 2014
Joshua Cowen
How Taxpayer-Funded Schools Teach Creationism—and Get Away With It
The dangers of "school choice" without testing
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