MY RURAL AMERICA urges our readers to read this full story about the impact of vouchers on rural schools. It is co-published by ProPublica and The Atlantic because it is so very important to rural America and our schools. Vouchers drain money from the public school system and force school consolidation and hiring fewer teachers, as it shrinks opportunities for our rural kids.
“School choice advocates are intent on expanding the availability of vouchers to fund private education at the expense of public schools, but rural residents of these targeted states are putting up some of the strongest resistance. …” CONTINUE READING HERE.