On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education released a study showing that students in the Washington, D.C., private school voucher program perform worse academically than students who are not in the program. Yet, just four days later, Congress released its budget deal, which includes language to renew the program through 2019. Congress is expected to pass the budget agreement later this week in order to avoid a government shutdown.
The findings in the latest report are in line with recent studies of the Louisiana, Indiana and Ohio voucher programs – all of which also found that vouchers have negative impacts on academic achievement....
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/spending-bill-renews-federal-voucher-program-despite-new-study-showing-it
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