Vouchers making a comeback but why? — Ravitch
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This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is the author of the bestselling “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” an important critique of the flaws in the modern school reform movement.
Dear Deborah,
Vouchers are back in the news. Several conservative governors are pushing them, and Republican members of Congress—in a showdown with President Barack Obama—have succeeded in restoring funding for the District of Columbia’s voucher program,
When schools dictate what kids eat for lunch
A Chicago public school forbids most of its students from bringing in food for lunch or snacks and instead offers them a $2.25 daily meal that, it turns out, a lot of the kids don’t want to eat.