The Tampa Bay Times has an editorial in today’s paper: Florida doesn’t need more vouchers. Among the many reasons cited against vouchers is this one.
Nor are voucher schools required to meet the same curriculum standards as public schools. Private schools don’t need to offer a breadth of courses and can forgo teaching some subjects, such as evolution, for example, even though evolution is a part of the state’s academic standards.
We don’t take a stance one way or the other on vouchers overall, but we are very happy that all of our hard work highlighting this important aspect of the debate is finally paying off. Nearly everyone has shrugged off this point about what’s being taught in private school science classes. Finally, it’s entering the conversation.
But we certainly can’t stop now! Keep on pushing, everyone.
