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Our top story: If the voucher bill were to pass, select private companies could soon be reeling in tens and even hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars per year. We took a closer look at who stands to gain the most.
How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas
The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.
www.texasobserver.org
March 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our top story: If the voucher bill were to pass, select private companies could soon be reeling in tens and even hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars per year. We took a closer look at who stands to gain the most.
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The Measles vaccine is completely safe and two doses are 99 percent effective
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Measles vaccine is completely safe and two doses are 99 percent effective
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Featured story, from Molly Ivins: ”Three strikes and you’re out? Watch Texas spend more on prisons than it does on schools. Thinking of making your tax structure more regressive? Come to the Lone Star State and see how it’s done.”
Molly Ivins on School Vouchers (1997)
Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in you...
www.texasobserver.org
March 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Featured story, from Molly Ivins: ”Three strikes and you’re out? Watch Texas spend more on prisons than it does on schools. Thinking of making your tax structure more regressive? Come to the Lone Star State and see how it’s done.”
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The Arizona school voucher scheme has blown a massive hole in the state budget. In 2025, vouchers for private schools will be responsible for a $1.4 billion state budget deficit and for a funding loss of 300K per school in the state.
Vouchers are a scam.
www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
Vouchers are a scam.
www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
March 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Arizona school voucher scheme has blown a massive hole in the state budget. In 2025, vouchers for private schools will be responsible for a $1.4 billion state budget deficit and for a funding loss of 300K per school in the state.
Vouchers are a scam.
www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
Vouchers are a scam.
www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
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“. . . In places like Texas there’s a fundamental disinvestment in children.”
Many educators are turning to the nonprofit DonorsChoose to help stock their classrooms with paper, pencils, and novels. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donorschoose-website-combats-low-school-funding/
Many educators are turning to the nonprofit DonorsChoose to help stock their classrooms with paper, pencils, and novels. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donorschoose-website-combats-low-school-funding/
www.texasmonthly.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“. . . In places like Texas there’s a fundamental disinvestment in children.”
Many educators are turning to the nonprofit DonorsChoose to help stock their classrooms with paper, pencils, and novels. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donorschoose-website-combats-low-school-funding/
Many educators are turning to the nonprofit DonorsChoose to help stock their classrooms with paper, pencils, and novels. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donorschoose-website-combats-low-school-funding/
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Kīlauea is erupting again.
Our planet has been doing this since virtually the beginning, and I think it's beautiful.
🎥: USGS Volcanoes
Our planet has been doing this since virtually the beginning, and I think it's beautiful.
🎥: USGS Volcanoes
December 23, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Kīlauea is erupting again.
Our planet has been doing this since virtually the beginning, and I think it's beautiful.
🎥: USGS Volcanoes
Our planet has been doing this since virtually the beginning, and I think it's beautiful.
🎥: USGS Volcanoes
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Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
December 23, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)