E1 - Vouchers Are A Scam
What exactly is an education voucher? Why does it have so many names? How do parents feel about this program? Will public schools be impacted? How come Gov. Abbott dedicates so much political capital ...
1 Jan 202532min
E2 - Follow The Money
Chris Tackett wanted to serve his Granbury, Texas community. After years of leading the local baseball/softball association to a good place, he focused those skills on his local school board. He was e...
31 Des 202433min
E3 - The Edgewood Experiment and the History of Vouchers
Did you know that a 10-year voucher program was implemented in Texas from 1998-2008? It had a $50 million price tag and ran in Edgewood ISD, on the west side of San Antonio. We were shocked to learn t...
30 Des 202432min
E4 - Public Education Is A Public Good
Friday, November 17, 2023 was a historic day in Texas politics and in public education. For the first time since 2005, a voucher proposal would be heard on the floor of the Texas House as part of a la...
29 Des 202423min
Extra - Save Our Schools Arizona As A Cautionary Tale
We spoke to Beth Lewis and Nicky Indicavitch from Save Our Schools Arizona about the state of public education in Arizona. Arizona has a universal voucher program despite the public overwhelmingly vot...
28 Des 202419min
Extra - Rural Texas and Their Schools: A Message For All of Us
The fight against vouchers has made unique allies of rural Republicans and urban Democrats. Why is that? We turn to Dr. Michelle Rinehart, superintendent of Alpine ISD, to help us understand the rural...
27 Des 202423min
Extra - The State Takeover of Houston ISD and Its Tie to Vouchers
We keep finding connecting points to other public education issues in this education voucher fight. The significance of the state takeover of Houston ISD cannot be overstated. We turn to our friends a...
26 Des 202432min
Extra - Hearing From You and A Legislative Update
The Texas voucher fight is full of twists and turns! And we’re still in it! The third special session ended with no voucher bill but Governor Abbott called a fourth special session immediately followi...
25 Des 202413min
