The 'Texas Three-Step': Defund, Demonize, and Privatize Public Schools

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The 'Texas Three-Step': Defund, Demonize, and Privatize Public Schools

Chloe Latham Sikes is deputy director of policy at the Intercultural Development Research Association, a San Antonio-based nonprofit that seeks to strengthen public education. Texas state lawmakers have gaveled in and started stepping to the tune of well-funded efforts to pass private school vouchers and undercut public schools. It’s a tired tune that state leaders sang throughout 2023’s lengthy legislative season, though it lacked the backup vo…