it's time to fund students instead of institutions.
"The preponderance of available evidence from the fall school semester has been reassuring”

“there has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
If a grocery store doesn't reopen families can take their money elsewhere

If a school doesn't reopen families should similarly be able to take their children's education dollars elsewhere.
Families should be able to take their children's education dollars elsewhere regardless of the reopening decision

Education funding is supposed to be meant for educating children - not for protecting a particular institution.

We should fund students, not systems.

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23 Feb
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"Teachers’ unions and others who oppose safe in-person instruction have done more to advance school choice in the past year than anyone could have ever imagined."
"The pandemic has revealed the main problem with K–12 education:

There is a massive power imbalance between the public school system and individual families."
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23 Feb
BREAKING: Tennessee legislators introduced a bill to fund students instead of systems.
Senate Bill 1252: "Opportunity Scholarships Program"
legiscan.com/TN/bill/SB1252… Image
Primary Sponsor:

Sen. Shane Reeves (R)
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23 Feb
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"59% of them said that it’s really important for all or a majority of students to get vaccinated before returning to in-person learning."
krqe.com/news/education…
It's way past time to let families take their children's education dollars elsewhere.
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21 Feb
Four studies have found that places with stronger teachers unions are substantially less likely to reopen schools in person.
nypost.com/2020/09/02/its…
The Fairfax teachers union president expressed opposition to reopening schools full time even if all teachers were vaccinated.
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20 Feb
The entire Oakley California school board resigned after mocking parents on a public meeting's livestream they didn't realize had already started.
Here is the video

“B****, if you’re going to call me out, I’m going to f*** you up!”

“They want their babysitters back.”
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20 Feb
The Baltimore Sun editorial board:
Their piece is in response to a bill in Maryland that would allow families to take their children's education dollars elsewhere if their school doesn't reopen in person:
baltimoresun.com/opinion/editor…
Here is the proposal to fund students directly if their schools don't reopen in person:

House Bill 939: "Student Education Grant Program" mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Leg…
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