Mike Winstead
203 posts
BREAKING: Florida reading, math scores fall to lowest mark in more than 20 years on nation's report card. The achievement gap and the % of 8th graders reading below a “basic” level was the lowest in the test’s history. My latest for @OrlandoSentinel: orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/29/flo…
Arizona has had a voucher program since 2011. In 2022, it went universal. In the 2 years since, the cost has gone from $65 million to next year’s $950 million. It exploded the state budget and has bilked money from public ed. Schools have been closed- now teachers are being fired
Someone is going to have to explain to me one day how this (voucher schemes) ever became a “conservative” cause. Nothing fiscally conservative about it. The fiscal note will explode TN’s budget.
Today we announced major indictments in the ESA program. This program is ripe for abuse, and the Legislature needs to design a better program.
REVEALED: Secret recording shows school voucher proponent talking of 'public hangings' of lawmakers newschannel5.com/news/newschann…
A leader in the TN chapter of Betsy DeVos’s voucher lobby group previewed the billionaire-backed “public hanging” strategy of forcing voucher votes. Now playing out in TN, TX, and across the country.
Lundberg... "Parents are Outsiders" Think about this... The Literacy Success Act took retention decisions out of the hands of parents and school staff. Where is parent choice there? Where does that responsibility push parents, students, and schools?
@WKRN The Tennessee Fiscal Review Committee’s Analysis: “The estimated annual growth in the program is conservative due to a limited amount of data from other states with similar programs and the inability to establish participation trends in those programs.”
