Debunking the myths, lies, and falsehoods spread by School Choice opponents with facts and data
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After the recent election, there is no doubt that School Choice will come under attack in Ohio. It will be important for both proponents and participants to fight back and not let opponents define the terms.🧵
This fight must be based on 3 things:
- Facts
- Faces
- Fairness
Lumping social services under schools is simply a way to fund them without debate or discussion.
Some schools choose to provide unlimited free breakfasts and lunches, on-site physical and mental healthcare, and every other service that students might need, but is not a school’s responsibility.
If a school does all these things but deprives students of explicit instruction and a knowledge-rich curriculum, it is failing to fulfill its primary purpose.
Schools cannot be all things to students and families. They can be places where deep knowledge is gained and students are given the tools to succeed. Schools must focus on their goal if they are going to achieve it.
Any discussion of public school funding that does not include a serious discussion on declining enrollment is disingenuous.
Very interesting discussion of pre- and post-pandemic enrollment trends. The key finding:
"in the post-pandemic period when public-school enrollment fell by over 1 million students, the number of operating schools is effectively unchanged while the number of teachers increased"
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Campaign rhetoric is one thing. Taking away school options where children are thriving is another. We can strengthen public schools and protect choices that are working for families.
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It's easy to blame vOuCHerS for K-12 budget woes. It's harder to have honest conversations about the birth dearth/demographic cliff, pension debt, and administrative bloat.
➡️ "[S]chool districts have been slow to cut costs by closing schools and reducing staff as their student populations shrink, putting some at risk for insolvency."
➡️ Public school enrollment has ⬇️ by 1.4 million since fall 2019.
➡️ Enrollment is "projected to ⬇️ by another 2.7 million students by the 2031–32 school year."
➡️ States have amassed $400 BILLION in teacher pension debt -- $9,300 in debt per public school student.
➡️ Half of public school employees are non-teaching staff.
@ASmithAZ proposes eight ed finance policies states and districts should consider. ⤵️
Public school enrollment has dropped by 1.4 million students nationwide since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and is projected to fall by another 2.7 million students by the 2031–32 school year.
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There @VouchersHurtUs I fixed for you!
Today: No public $$$ for private schools
Also Today: More public $$$ for Pell grants
Rep. Grijalva (D) from AZ, vying to be Ed. Chair, wants to "repeal the new federal voucher tax credit" AND "expand Pell Grants" because if we're going to direct $ to anyone, it should be to college students instead of kids in K-12 who need tutoring. 🤦♂️ buff.ly/QFEQTI8
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Public dollars flow to private providers every day:
➡️ Medicare to private hospitals.
➡️ Pell Grants to private colleges.
➡️ SNAP to grocery stores.
➡️ Section 8 to private landlords.
➡️ Pre-K vouchers to private childcare providers.
This only becomes controversial when families choose a school outside the union-controlled K-12 monopoly.
.@GinaHinojosaTX’s pledge to take an axe to Texas’ education freedom programs breaks my heart for parents.
Texas has made so much progress, and the huge school choice waitlist shows that parents want these opportunities. I hope she reconsiders and that parents rise up to defend their school choice programs!
Finally there is fairness. There is nothing fair about Ohio's public schools.
They are some of the most segregated in the country. The best and wealthiest districts use closed enrollment policies to keep others out, declining student private schools accept. The financial burden on taxpayers increases faster than their paychecks.
And most importantly, since Covid, spending has increased while student outcomes deteriorated.
Without school choice scholarships, an estimated 40,000 low income students who are currently attending a private school for free would be forced to go back to their public school or somehow find a way to pay for their tuition themselves. This would instantly add $600M of new expenses to public school budgets.
This isn't fair to familes. It isn't fair to students. And it isn't fair to taxpayers.
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You’re not taking vouchers away from millionaires. You’re taking them away from teachers and nurses.
School choice works. Supporters in Ohio are going to have to push hard to tell the story.
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1. Because the system is outdated. Expecting one teacher to effectively teach 30 students, each with different gaps in understanding and vastly different learning needs and abilities, simply doesn’t make sense anymore.
2. There are significant behavior disruptions with little to no consequences. Students act out for a variety of reasons including boredom or being asked to work at a level beyond their cognitive abilities (refer back to #1).
3. We have administrators who force teachers to pass students along by curving 30s to 70s to protect graduation rates which are tied to funding. Gaps don’t disappear. They compound. Why do students have gaps? Because the curriculum moves at one speed. There is no “typical” student so why do we think there should be one speed at which every student should learn? (Refer back to #1)
4. Funding is tied to attendance. This creates perverse incentives. It means the student who just destroyed the room, returns the next day. The student who cussed the teacher out, returns in 30 minutes with a bag of Taki’s and an “apology.” The student who skips class to vape in the bathroom is given a behavior contract that states if she goes to class, her AP will DoorDash her food on Friday.
If we really want to talk about fixing schools, we start by looking at the outdated model and how they are funded.
One of the biggest concerns is not the win by Acton but Democrat Kulewics winning the Attorney General seat.
As AG, Democrat Kulewics is legally required to defend Ohio in the Vouchers Hurt Ohio lawsuit in the Supreme Court. School choice supporters would rightly be concerned about how vigorous this defense will be under Kulewics. A vigorous appeal may depend heavily on third party suppor and involvement.
If lost, there are many legistlative adjustments that could be made to bring it in line with any ruling. A Democratic governor and the loss of the Republican supermajority makes such legislative moves more difficult. Not impossible, but more difficult.
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This is the message that must be repeated in all states. 80% of scholarship dollars in Ohio go to disadvantaged students.
