What the Trump Administration isn't telling us about "school choice" (AKA "school privatization")

In Vice President Mike Pence's back yard of Indiana, students who transferred from a public to a private school using vouchers experienced lower levels of academic achievement.
 

Don't be fooled. “School choice” is a catch-all phrase that covers a variety of efforts to privatize public education.
 

The "school choice" movement has been around for decades, trying to expand its reach school district state by state.
 

Decades of studies have demonstrated that vouchers do not improve educational outcomes.
 

Private voucher schools do not have the same obligations as public schools under federal law to protect students from harassment and discrimination.
 

Accountability is virtually non-existent in many private charter school programs.