SIMMONS: Majority of moms vouch for vouchers

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Remember the Ohio mom who was jailed and put on three years' probation because she lied on her daughters' school applications about where they lived? Well, a new nationwide poll of mothers sort of bails her out. Seventy-one percent of mothers support school vouchers, which gives parents the option ...

School vouchers and the religious subversion of church-state separation | Katherine Stewart

Under the pretext of parental 'choice', the right is using vouchers to establish religion in public education – with Romney's blessing "Choice" is such a nice word that everybody wants to have it on their side. "Choice" is also a fuzzy word, which may be why Mitt Romney is willing to call himself a supporter of "school choice" . In the strange language of education politics, "choice" sometimes ...

Special-needs students seeking new vouchers

Special-needs students from 11 of Franklin County’s 16 school districts have applied for new taxpayer-funded vouchers to attend private schools. That includes Bexley, Dublin, Hilliard, Upper Arlington and Worthington — suburban districts where most students haven’t been eligible to use a private-school voucher before.

Parity needed in Cleveland Plan for those using school vouchers: Richard Clark

Elimination of the co-pay requirement associated with the Cleveland voucher program will have no negative impact on the Cleveland Plan, the Cleveland School District or its sponsored chartered schools. It will, however, make the voucher program a viable option for more families who feel their children would be better served in a private-school environment.

Official: Public can fight school privatization

By DENISE DICK denise_dick@vindy.com BOARDMAN To stop privatization of public education,