"Public" dollars that can be used at private institutions:
• Pell Grants / GI Bill
• Pre-K programs
• Food stamps
• Medicaid
• Section 8
• Social Security
many of the same people who support funding individuals instead of institutions in every other industry (and level of education) oppose it only when it comes to the in-between years of K-12
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the main difference is one of power dynamics.
choice is the norm with just about every other industry and level of education
but choice threatens an entrenched special interest only when it comes to those in-between years of K-12.
education funding is meant for educating children - not for propping up and protecting a particular institution.
we should fund students, not systems.
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NEW: The Pennsylvania School Boards Association voted to withdraw from the National School Boards Association because of their recent letter suggesting that some parents should be considered "domestic terrorists."
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association circulated an internal memo indicating that "the most recent national controversy surrounding a letter to President Biden suggesting that some parents should be considered domestic terrorists was the final straw."
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