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Yonkers Pta Vs Privatization 4.3.17 Final
Yonkers Pta Vs Privatization 4.3.17 Final
Yonkers Pta Vs Privatization 4.3.17 Final
Leonie Haimson
Class Size Matters/Parent Coalition for Student Privacy
April 3, 2017
Threat of privatization very real at national,
state and local levels
*Nationally US Ed Sec Betsy DeVos is a huge supporter of vouchers & tuition tax credits --
public funds going to private & religious schools
*DeVos also fan of deregulating for-profit charters with minimal oversight to protect vs
educational failure and corruption
*In NY, the Senate has passed tuition tax credit bills
allowing millionaires to radically cut their taxes while
contributing to private or parochial schools.
Whats the record and impact of vouchers, tuition tax credits and charters ?
*Long-term studies in Louisiana, Ohio and Indiana show that students who attend schools via vouchers or tuition tax
credits fall behind their peers when achievement compared
*Charter school research more mixed some show gains, some not
*What is indisputable: charters tend to enroll fewer high needs students than the districts in which they are located
*Many also have high student attrition rates & push out difficult kids or persuade them to leave when they cant
make the grade
*So public schools become more and more concentrated with high needs students with less and less funding to educate
them.
The total amount allotted capped at $150M for 2017, $225M for
2018, and $300M for 2019 and thereafter.
* Tell him to fully fund Foundation Aid and do NOT raise the cap
on charters.
* Then call your State Senator and Assembly member to tell them the
same.
Another form of privatization affecting
our schools
We were wrong!
College Board and ACT sell student data to colleges etc., not just test
scores but also lots of personal info that they obtain through online
surveys upon registering and before the test administration.
Online learning: does it work?
Little evidence that online learning improves student
achievement or outcomes in K12 education
*Join Network for Public Education mailing list to join the fight
against the expansion of charters and vouchers.