Tag: private education funding

The chants outside Alberta’s high schools this week were not about exams or sports victories, they were about power, protest, and principle. On Thursday, thousands of students across Alberta walked out of classrooms, flooding streets in Calgary and Edmonton to condemn what they saw as a betrayal of democracy and education alike. Their anger was directed squarely at Premier Danielle Smith’s government, which invoked the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work after a nearly month-long strike that had paralyzed the province’s public education system.The strike had begun on October 6, when more than 46,000 teachers walked off the ... Read more

Texas has rewritten the rules of American education governance. With the stroke of a pen, Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law the most expansive school voucher programme in the United States — one that makes more than 5 million children eligible to use public funds for private education. This sweeping move not only cements Texas’ role at the forefront of the conservative school choice movement, but also intensifies a growing national debate about the future of public education.Backed by a $1 billion allocation for its initial two years, the law is a culmination of years of ideological pressure and ... Read more

FILE – Students and parents rally at the Ohio Statehouse in support of possible changes that would increase eligibility for taxpayer-funded school vouchers to K-12 students statewide, May 17, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson, file) Republican-led states are rapidly expanding school voucher programmes even as warnings grow louder over their long-term financial sustainability. Across the nation, conservative lawmakers are advancing legislation to direct more public dollars toward private education, fueling a movement that critics say could destabilise state budgets and undermine public schools. The surge comes at a time of slowing revenue growth, dwindling federal pandemic aid, and ... Read more