Opinion: Gov. Greg Abbott’s pro-voucher talking points don't mention is that Texas ranked 48th in child health and 33rd in education outcomes in 2022.
that would funnel tax dollars to parents who want to send their children to private or faith-based schools.
I put “school choice” in quotes because such policies offer choice only to a small minority of students and their families. Traditional public schools, left to educate 9 out of 10 students remaining, face only one choice: how to do more with less and less. , or calculates a possible vice presidential bid.
Critics, and I am one of them, say all of these initiatives are the equivalent of sending lifeboats to a select few aboard the Titanic while allowing the ship of state to founder. For years these same political leaders have provided inadequate support for the vast majority of the state’s more than 5.1 million PK-12 students who attend traditional public schools.Success! You're on the list.
Abbott’s announcement at a conservative Christian school was no accident. His anti-teacher, anti-curriculum messaging is couched in false claims that public school students are being brainwashed by educators on issues of gender, sexuality and race. Politicians and parents, rather than dedicated education professionals and specialists, should decide what is taught and not taught in Texas classrooms, according to Abbott and many of his party’s supporters.
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