School Vouchers

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Political, legal fights over school vouchers' fate
Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make... (April 08, 2012)

AP Exclusive: Ex-Gov. Bush sent lessons to Scott
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush offered that state's incoming governor a long list of "lessons learned through trial and error" that touched on everything from how... (August 24, 2011)

Wisconsin strikes again
The Wisconsin legislature and the Governor move to expand the nation’s oldest urban school voucher program. (June 27, 2011)

Robert W. Consalvo retires from charter school’s board
The co-founder of a Hyde Park charter school and a community leader for more than 40 years has announced his retirement from the school’s board of trustees. (July 26, 2011)

From Wikipedia

A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a certificate issued by the government, which parents can apply toward tuition at a private school (or, by extension, to reimburse home schooling expenses), rather than at the state school to which their child is assigned. An alternative to the education voucher is the education tax credit, which allows individuals to use their own money to pay for the education of their children or to donate money towards the education of other children. Under non-voucher education systems citizens who currently pay for private schooling are still taxed for...