Education Matters – Private School Vouchers – A National Perspective

Topic: Private School Vouchers – A National Perspective

A leading national expert discusses the push toward privatization in K-12 education and its impact on public education and society as a whole.

Guest: Richard Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation

RESOURCES

Edlines

Trump Proposes Deep Education Cuts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-seeks-to-slash-education-department-but-make-big-push-for-school-choice/2017/03/15/63b8b6f8-09a1-11e7-b77c-0047d15a24e0_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-budget-casualty-afterschool-programs-for-16-million-kids-most-are-poor/2017/03/16/78802430-0a6f-11e7-b77c-0047d15a24e0_story.html

School Performance Grade Changes Passes House
https://www.ednc.org/2017/03/16/school-performance-grade-change-passes-house/

Teaching Fellows Legislation Introduced
https://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/north-carolina-bill-proposes-old-program-to-recruit-new-teachers/article_d87c4847-5119-5ae7-a86b-c536b143a851.html

Achievement School District Leader Named
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article138852998.html

Interview resources

America Needs Public School Choice, Not Private School Vouchers by Richard Kahlenberg
https://tcf.org/content/report/america-needs-public-school-choice-not-private-school-vouchers/

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