Institute in the Chicago Sun-Times: State Should Embrace Meeks Voucher Bill
Meeks' voucher bill, now being considered in the House Executive Committee, will offer 22,000 kids hope for a better life.
By Steve Huntley
One argument opponents of school vouchers don’t make is that letting the state help kids attend private schools will harm their education prospects. That’s because study after study shows students escaping failing public schools thanks to vouchers record academic gains.
You would think that and the abysmal record of resistance to improvement in the worst schools should be enough to ease passage of the Chicago school voucher bill championed by Sen. James Meeks through the Illinois Legislature. But it’s a heavy lift…