Why Does Florida’s Voucher Crowd Oppose Accountability to Taxpayers?
Last week’s Orlando Sentinel editorial brought to light for Floridians the fact that private schools which receive taxpayer-funded vouchers aren’t held to the same accountability standards as are public schools. That could change as both governor Rick Scott and incoming education commissioner Tony Bennett think they should.
When it comes to school vouchers, we haven’t always seen eye-to-eye with Gov. Rick Scott.
Remember his “education savings account” plan? Cloaked in a euphemistic Trojan horse, his “vouchers for all” gambit would have siphoned off withering public school resources. A reckless non-starter.
Yet in his 2013 legislative wish list, Scott struck a more reasonable tone, saying private schools