Phil Weiser is a firm NO on Trump’s federal tax credit program that threatens to divert public K-12 funding to private schools. Coloradans want a Governor who’s clear-eyed about supporting public education. He will opt OUT of this voucher scheme. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=242...

Join us March 18, 6:30 p.m. MDT to hear Josh Cowen discuss "The Billionaire Playbook: How Vouchers Threaten Public Education." Josh is a professor at Michigan State University and an expert on vouchers. Sign up below. @coloradoea.bsky.social @greatedco.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Bennet touts his executive experience as head of DPS, but his term was controversial. @philweiser.bsky.social has lead the AGs office for 8 yrs, knows state gov inside and out, and always receives the highest marks for employee satisfaction. #PhilforGovernor www.denvergazette.com/2026/03/13/a...

"They see vouchers as a failure of democracy, with billionaire donors and super PACs replacing ‘we the people.’" @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social @publicedpartners.bsky.social @edlawcenter.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @joshcowenmi.bsky.social educationwars.substack.com/p/the-backla...

In light of the oligarchic times we are in, and the growing rush to privatize our public education system through federal vouchers, this article by David Larabee is especially prescient. @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social kappanonline.org/labaree-publ...

Dr. Mike DeGuire: The Public Doesn't Want Vouchers. Why Are They Spreading? - Vouchers aren’t winning because voters love them. In fact, they keep losing at the ballot box. dianeravitch.net/2026/03/11/d... via @dianeravitch #Privatization

Join us March 18, 6:30 MT, to hear Josh Cowen discuss "The Billionaire Playbook: How Vouchers Threaten Public Education." Josh is a professor at Michigan State University and an expert on vouchers. @edlawcenter.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social Sign up below: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The new federal tax credit school VOUCHER "quietly cedes public authority to private donors and SGOs." Colorado legislators hope to address the inherent discrimination in this VOUCHER scam passed by the Republican Congress. impactpolicies.org/news/828/col...

@cocharterwatch.bsky.social @odoschools.bsky.social @a4pep.bsky.social Can vouchers be far behind?

"Who Profits When Public Dollars Become Private Subsidies?" @edlawcenter.bsky.social @lsdaif.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @jennycohn.bsky.social @copublicedwatch.bsky.social @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social @joshcowenmi.bsky.social @jackschneider.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm...

Michael Bennet is also taking dark money and is not being transparent about their agenda. This isn't new. Not good for Colorado. Support #philforgovernor

VOUCHERS! The Republicans snuck a federal voucher scheme into the July budget bill. Large national scholarship groups will gain billions in tax money to send kids to relgious and private schools. Hear two experts explain the long game to privatize education. www.buzzsprout.com/2243528/epis...

Join us March 18, 6:30 MT, to hear Josh Cowen discuss "The Billionaire Playbook: How Vouchers Threaten Public Education." Josh is a professor at Michigan State University and an expert on vouchers. @edlawcenter.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social Sign up below: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"Billionaire John Walton, son of Sam Walton of Wal-Mart and the richest family in the US," co-founded the nation’s two largest scholarships granting organizations...Most of their scholarships go to students who leave public schools to attend religious schools." @edlawcenter.bsky.social

"Vouchers keep losing at the ballot box. So how do they keep winning?" Billionaires like the Waltons and Reed Hastings bankroll the “parent choice” machine-Lobbying, messaging for new tax-credit voucher schemes that siphon public funds. Read: tinyurl.com/38vp7cp7 @edlawcenter.bsky.social

"If federal and state leaders truly want to honor family choice, they should invest where the evidence is strongest and where parents’ priorities are clearest, rather than subsidizing privatization schemes that benefit the already wealthy." @ilfps.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm...

"Another consequence of turning public education dollars into private subsidies is that it creates a lucrative marketplace for the companies that manage these voucher systems." @edlawcenter.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social @pfpsorg.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm...

Jared Polis, Gov of Colorado, just pardoned Tina Peters (a 2020 election conspiracist who broke the law) at the demand of Trump I’m shocked and sickened

"A federal school voucher program, or “universal school choice” as supporters call it, is a key piece of the Right’s agenda to dramatically change education as we’ve known it." @npeaction.bsky.social @joshcowenmi.bsky.social @edlawcenter.bsky.social religiondispatches.org/2025/05/28/b...

Want to know what's up these days with school vouchers in Colorado? Joshua Mantell, Director of Government Affairs for the #BellPolicy Center, gives you a quick synopsis of the piece he recently wrote. Check it out. bellpolicy.org/in-the-know-...

Don't be fooled about the federal tax credit voucher ($1700 in 2027). This is a Republican scam so taxpayers will pay less in "federal tax" money so more kids can attend Catholic and Christian schools. Bye bye separation of church and state in schools! www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/02/1002...

The federal voucher tax credit program: • Redirects taxpayer dollars through private SGOs • Allows SGO's to keep 10% of the money • Limits state oversight • Has no statutory transparency requirements This is not “school choice.” It’s public dollars → private control www.a4pep.org/post/federal...

"Michael Petrilli, president of the conservative Fordham Institute, questioned why Polis opted in before the regulations were finalized, adding it is “pretty clear that the Trump administration is not going to let them narrow the scope of the program.” coloradonewsline.com/2026/02/11/o...

Billionaires are behind the current federal tax credit voucher scheme that Republicans passed as a compromise to the original ECCA bill. Public schools lose funding to private and religious schools. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/03/bill...

Colorado just got pulled into a federal #voucher tax credit program that may conflict with our state Constitution. If the federal government forgives your taxes to fund religious schools, that’s not charity.That’s public money! @coloradotimesrecorder.com @coloradonewsline.com @npeaction.bsky.social

"The Walton Family Foundation has since spent billions of dollars nationwide supporting charter schools and voucher initiatives." @workingfamiliesco.bsky.social @pro-co-public-ed.bsky.social @coloradotimesrecorder.com @joshcowenmi.bsky.social coloradonewsline.com/2026/02/11/o...

"While the new law allows public school students to use vouchers for a range of supplemental supports, it is clear that the vast majority of the voucher funds will be used to subsidize tuition payments at private and religious schools." inthepublicinterest.org/opt-out/?emc...

"Weiser: I would opt out of the program. While I welcome any support for education and investing in our kids’ future, I will never support vouchers. That includes any measures that siphon off scarce public K-12 school dollars to benefit private and parochial schools. That’s why I am a “no” here."

"The federal voucher tax credit... signals a clear shift in priorities. Instead of fully funding public schools, the federal government is experimenting with privatization — even as classrooms remain under-resourced and students’ needs go unmet." www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

Colorado's Democratic Governor Polis joins with Trump and Republicans to support VOUCHERS for students to attend private and religious [email protected] @publicedpartners.bsky.social @pfpsorg.bsky.social @derekwblack.bsky.social @joshcowenmi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac83...

WATCH this video to see how the Trump administration and their backers are moving to "shrink public school systems by steering taxpayer dollars to private, religious and charter schools, as well as options like homeschooling." @publicedpartners.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYq...

The federal voucher program is now law. The Federal Tax Credit Voucher Program creates 100% tax credits that redirect public resources to private and religious schools…if governors choose to opt in. Here’s how it works and why it matters: www.a4pep.org/post/what-is... @publicedpartners.bsky.social

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

"A NEW REPORT makes clear that vouchers are being used to benefit private schools that...benefit some of the wealthiest families in America. Trump’s voucher program will only make a bad situation even worse.”@publicedpartners.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...

"The school privatization PR stunt is a pet project of the Gleason family and Koch family fortunes." @npeaction.bsky.social @pfpsorg.bsky.social @publicedpartners.bsky.social @ilfps.bsky.social @propublica.org @network4pubed.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/mil...

“We believe that as a public good, public dollars should fund public schools,” said Huu Nguyen, a board member at Illinois Families for Public Schools. “School voucher programs that take tax dollars to fund private education are the antithesis of public policy that supports the common good.”

Trump's federal school voucher program will use tax dollars to pay for private and religious schools. Learn how this scheme will impact public schools. @npeaction.bsky.social @publicedpartners.bsky.social @publiced412.bsky.social @njpec.bsky.social@workingfamiliesco.bsky.social @propublica.org

Trump's federal tax credit voucher program is not FREE MONEY like Governor Polis insists. Watch this expert panel explain how this voucher scheme will harm public school funding and push students to private and religious schools. @joshcowenmi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKcE...

There is NO "free money" in the federal tax credit voucher program. Tell Governors to NOT opt-in to it. @npeaction.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @coloradonewsline.com @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social static1.squarespace.com/static/582f7...

Opinion: Take note, Gov. Polis: Coloradans have repeatedly said no to school vouchers

If you believe this money is going to flow to kids who need it, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. #COpol #COleg @colorado.gov @bennet.senate.gov @philweiser.bsky.social

First of many of my annual reminders to journalists prepping pieces ahead “National School Choice Week” next week. School Choice Week is an astroturf political outfit funded by DeVos, Gleason and Koch groups to mimic a movement. It’s not a real thing.

Ohio created America’s biggest school voucher program (a billion bucks!) without asking voters www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01...

📷 Federal school vouchers were passed by the Republican Congress in July. Governors decide if they will opt-in. 📷 Who really benefits? Who pays the price? 📷 Join 4PEP’s expert panel on Jan 21, 6:30pm MT to unpack this tax credit voucher scheme. 📷 Register: tinyurl.com/4zp523ef

Report: Charter schools undermining Colorado’s public school system tinyurl.com/4589wmew @mcolorado.bsky.social