Opinion: Deception, Fiscal Irresponsibility, School VouchersThe school voucher program can't deliver on its promises, but it can help subsidize private schools across the state
If you watched the Senate budget committee’s hearing on the Christie voucher bill, you would never know that New Jersey is bankrupt. Or that we are in the midst of the most severe crisis to afflict the state since the Great Depression:
New Jersey cannot save the jobs of half of the police force in its most dangerous city, Camden. Nor the jobs of one-third of its firefighters.
Thousands of teachers have been laid off in a state where students consistently achieve at the highest level in the country (except for Massachusetts). School boards are told there can be no relief for rapidly rising special education costs.
The governor says we cannot afford a prosperity-building rail tunnel to New York City because the