How School Choice Went from Minority Boost to Middle Class Hand-Out

How School Choice Went from Minority Boost to Middle Class Hand-Out

School voucher programs had been pitched as a tool to provide children from low-income families with quality education options. They have now evolved into subsidies for middle-class families to send their children to private and parochial schools, redirecting money from public schools, many of which are serving Black students, while ironically adopting language from civil rights activists pushing for equal access to quality education for all chi…