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More: Texas Legislature Turns Down Vouchers
Breaking News: Vouchers Fail in Texas!
Wayne Slater, senior political writer for the Dallas Morning News, tweeted this:
@WayneSlater Put a fork in school vouchers in Texas — ban on taxpayer money for private schools passes overwhelming in conservative TX House
I bet the rural Republicans balked at destroying their communities’ public schools
@WayneSlater Put a fork in school vouchers in Texas — ban on taxpayer money for private schools passes overwhelming in conservative TX House
I bet the rural Republicans balked at destroying their communities’ public schools
Kevin Welner Responds (Again!) to Patrick Wolf
Patrick Wolf, the “independent” evaluator of the Milwaukee voucher program remains incensed that the National Education Policy Center did not notice that he dropped the attrition rate of students in the Milwaukee voucher program from 75% to 56%.
I, the humble historian, still wonder what is so impressive about Milwaukee, one of the lowest-performing cities on NAEP. If the voucher students get the same test scores as kids in public schools, and Milwaukee is low-performing, what does that say about the efficacy of vouchers? And, I dunno, but 56% still looks like a huge attrition rate. If all those students dropped out from the voucher schools, what does it say about vouchers? But what do I know? I am far, far below Dr. Wolf.
Kevin Welner, the director of the National Education Policy Center, responds here, including a comment by
I, the humble historian, still wonder what is so impressive about Milwaukee, one of the lowest-performing cities on NAEP. If the voucher students get the same test scores as kids in public schools, and Milwaukee is low-performing, what does that say about the efficacy of vouchers? And, I dunno, but 56% still looks like a huge attrition rate. If all those students dropped out from the voucher schools, what does it say about vouchers? But what do I know? I am far, far below Dr. Wolf.
Kevin Welner, the director of the National Education Policy Center, responds here, including a comment by
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