This is infuriating. Vouchers aren’t just screwing over public education—they’re gutting it. Public schools, already gasping for air with teacher shortages and underfunding, now have to compete for talent in a rigged game where taxpayer dollars are being funneled into private religious institutions. And let’s not sugarcoat it: these schools aren’t open to everyone. They’ve got discriminatory policies baked into their handbooks, funded by public money, while public schools are left to do the heavy lifting of educating *every* kid who walks through their doors.
This isn’t about choice—it’s about dismantling public education under the guise of “freedom” and letting taxpayers foot the damn bill for exclusionary practices. Public schools are hemorrhaging resources and losing their ability to hire and retain quality teachers because the system is being stacked against them. If we keep this up, the future of equitable, accessible education is toast, and it’ll be on all of us for letting this happen.
This is infuriating. Vouchers aren’t just screwing over public education—they’re gutting it. Public schools, already gasping for air with teacher shortages and underfunding, now have to compete for talent in a rigged game where taxpayer dollars are being funneled into private religious institutions. And let’s not sugarcoat it: these schools aren’t open to everyone. They’ve got discriminatory policies baked into their handbooks, funded by public money, while public schools are left to do the heavy lifting of educating *every* kid who walks through their doors.
This isn’t about choice—it’s about dismantling public education under the guise of “freedom” and letting taxpayers foot the damn bill for exclusionary practices. Public schools are hemorrhaging resources and losing their ability to hire and retain quality teachers because the system is being stacked against them. If we keep this up, the future of equitable, accessible education is toast, and it’ll be on all of us for letting this happen.
Rant over.
Exactly this.
Great read.