Huntsman lukewarm on voucher support
By Glen Warchol
The Salt Lake Tribune
If you own a television, you've probably seen the commercial of Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. at a Capitol press conference endorsing Utah's school voucher program facing a Nov. 6 referendum.
"Referendum 1 is important to me," says Huntsman, who signed the school voucher into law. "Smaller classrooms, more money in support of those classrooms. I think that's a pretty good deal."
What you don't see is the part of the press conference in which Huntsman tells Utahns it is OK to vote against vouchers.
Milwaukee a telltale for Utah's vouchers?
17 years after the program started, some see success, others failure, and it is still as polarizing as ever
By Lisa Schencker
The Salt Lake Tribune
MILWAUKEE - At one Milwaukee private school, students in coats and ties eagerly volunteer to multiply fractions at the board.
At another school downtown, teachers recently weren't paid for two months, and running the school was a day-to-day struggle.
Rolly: Huntsman's tepid support for vouchers may bring him challengers
Paul Rolly
Huntsman, after months of sitting on the fence, even though he signed the two pro-voucher bills sent to him by the Legislature, finally agreed to participate with voucher supporters in a press conference Oct. 17, just three weeks before the election. He said he would vote for vouchers, but still urged his constituents to follow their conscience.
Voucher spin doctors edited his comments as best they could and now are using them in their latest TV ads. But if it turns out to be too little too late, they may blame Huntsman for not stepping up sooner.
Learn more about vouchers
By Amy K. Stewart
Standard-Examiner staff
The Standard-Examiner asked a series of questions to head spokeswomen of the main organizations representing either side of the school voucher proposal:
Voucher group buys full-page ads to counter News story
Article said to distort how affordable tuition really is
By Lee Davidson
Deseret Morning News
The main group promoting state vouchers to help pay private school tuition bought full-page newspaper ads Friday seeking to counter a Deseret Morning News story that evaluated whether vouchers would truly make tuition affordable.
The newspaper had reported Thursday that even if voters approve giving $3,000 a year per child in vouchers to non-wealthy families, they would still need on average another $4,800 or so per child to pay typical private school tuition in Utah.
Parents for Choice in Education bought full-page ads, costing $8,400, Friday in the News and Salt Lake Tribune complaining...
Op-ed: Research indicates they don't improve student performance
By Kim R. Burningham
Most Utah voters realize the wisdom of doing everything possible to make Utah's public schools even stronger. Consider the following five points of analysis showing details of Utah's fundamentally flawed voucher law with its many loopholes and unanswered questions:
1 comment:
My kids are smarter and prettier than your kids, so the government should give me $3,000.00 a year; because I can afford to send them to private schools.
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