Everything you wanted to know about vouchers, from their history to who’s behind them.
June, 2004: The antidote to vouchers
Great public schools – like Milwaukee’s SAGE schools – leave the voucher movement without a message.
Sidebar: NJEA puts ed reform research into action
May, 2004: Fronting for the movement;
The Black Alliance for Educational Options relies on right-wing money to push for vouchers.
Sidebar: BAEO’s funder paid for racist book
April, 2004: The myth of the ‘Milwaukee Miracle’
The city’s 14-year voucher experiment is shrouded in controversy and scandal.
Sidebar: Governor proposes voucher accountability
March, 2004: Where’s the public cry for vouchers?
The “voucher movement” has never enjoyed majority support, despite the claims of E3.
Sidebar: E3 uses flawed poll to make its case…
February, 2004: Who’s behind the voucher movement?
The New Jersey voucher movement is being funded by right-wing foundations and individuals.
Sidebar: Is ‘Wal-Mart’Academy coming to New Jersey?
January, 2004: Vouchers and student achievement: What the research shows
After more than a decade of research, there is no evidence that vouchers lead to higher student achievement.
Sidebar: Milwaukee's SAGE program and NJ Abbott rulings produce gains
December, 2003: The myth of “choice” and “competition” under vouchers.
Under vouchers, it’s private schools – and not parents – that do the “choosing,” thanks to an uneven playing field.
Sidebar: Accountability problems plague voucher schools in Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Florida.
Sidebar: DOE study finds private schools refuse to be accountable.
November, 2003: The many costs of vouchers.
Existing voucher programs are already costing millions, and a totally 'free market' would ultimately cost billions.
Sidebar: 'Fixed costs': Why vouchers hurt public schools.
Sidebar: Waste and fraud already a problem with vouchers.
October, 2003: E3– The engine behind the New Jersey voucher movement. With a focus on the state’s Abbott districts, “Excellent Education for Everyone” is working to build a statewide voucher movement in New Jersey.
Sidebar: E3’s executive director attacks teacher unions.
September, 2003: The voucher movement comes to New Jersey. The landscape in New Jersey is changing, and New Jersey is being targeted by a powerful, well-financed national voucher movement.