Wyoming Education Association Files Lawsuit to Stop School Voucher Payments

Wyoming Education Association files lawsuit to stop school voucher payments

Nine parents of school-aged children and the Wyoming Education Association, which represents more than 6,000 of the state’s public school employees, filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the constitutionality of the state’s education savings account program instituted by the Wyoming Legislature. The program, which lawmakers created in 2024 and significantly expanded during their time in Cheyenne this year, will give up to $7,000 per K-12 student to…

What a waste: The failed promise of vouchers and charter schools

This column is the first in a two-part series. Education in Arkansas is in turmoil.  As of Friday, June 13, there are 44,080 applications on file for school vouchers for the upcoming 2025-26 school year. The approximate cost for those vouchers, if the state were to approve them all: a whopping $308 million. Over the last 25 years, the state of Arkansas has enacted educational policies — charter schools, vouchers and school choice laws — that are…