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Should the government offer students a voucher that they can use to attend private schools?

A school voucher is a certificate of government funding that students can use to pay for the school of their choice. Students are given the vouchers and can use them to pay for non-public school systems including private schools, home schools and charter schools Proponents argue that the vouchers will create a better education system by promoting competition between schools. Opponents argue that the voucher system removes funds from public schools and redirects it toward private institutions.

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44%
Yes
56%
No
35%
Yes
45%
No
4%
Yes, but only for low income families
10%
No, we should focus on improving our public schools instead
2%
Yes, but only for students with exceptional athletic, academic, or service achievements
1%
No, and ban private schools
2%
Yes, but I would rather privatize all education

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 @8RWPFZ9 from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only for secular schools

 @957QQY7 from North Carolina  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but I would rather nationalize all education.

 @8SKYDXM from Pennsylvania  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only for students with exceptional academic achievements

 @6V4692Vfrom New York  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but we should focus on improving our public schools instead

 @8QRNPH5 from Illinois  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only for low income families and students with exceptional athletic, academic, or service achievements

 @98PJ2P5 from California  answered…2yrs2Y

No we should improve our public schools and make them free for everyone(including college).

 @8WC5SV9 from Florida  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but only for students with exceptional academic or service achievements

 @8XBHWWX from New Jersey  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but only for students in failing school districts

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4mos4MO

U.S. Students Slide in Math, Science Test Scores

U.S. scores were no better than when the tests were first given in 1995. In math, the recent declines wiped out years of gains. American science scores have fallen since 2015, although the latest drops from 2019 weren’t statistically significant.The results come as President-elect Donald Trump has criticized America’s education system and pledged to abolish the federal Education Department. Wednesday’s release did come with a slice of good news, though: U.S. students still score above international averages, which include countries with a range of economic levels.Some other countries’ scores also declined since before the pandemic, but U.S. rankings slid comparatively on some measures, falling to 24 out of 45 education systems in eighth-grade math and 15 out of 63 in fourth-grade science.Countries whose performance moved ahead of the U.S. included Finland in math, England in science, and Poland for both subjects in fourth grade.High-scoring countries included Singapore, Japan and England. Officials say it is difficult to determine why some places excel and others struggle. The quality of a country’s schools, as well as other factors like poverty, can influence test performance. Carr said some countries use curriculum that is more closely aligned with the TIMSS exams.Even as U.S. schools have long since returned to normal from Covid-19 closures, educators struggled with new challenges. More teachers have left the profession. Student misbehavior and absenteeism jumped. “Coming out of Covid, parents and students got comfortable with the idea that it’s OK to stay home,” said Suzan Harris, a middle-school principal in Butts County, Ga. Chronic absenteeism rates have improved recently, but remain elevated compared with prepandemic figures, according to an American Enterprise Institute compilation of state data.In the years before the pandemic, national exams showed that school achievement was already stagnating or declining.

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