Inky OPED: Pa.'s unaccountable voucher bill/ WHYY: Senators Leach & Williams' debate SB1/ Delco Times OPED: School vouchers aren't the answer/ CNN: Ravitch - Why America's teachers are enraged

Philadelphia Inquirer Opinion Posted on Mon, Feb. 21, 2011

Pa.'s unaccountable voucher bill

By Lawrence A. Feinberg

In support of Pennsylvania's Senate Bill 1, which would provide taxpayer-funded vouchers to private schools, voucher evangelists have been citing a report by the Foundation for Educational Choice, "A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on How Vouchers Affect Public Schools." However, a review of the report by the National Education Policy Center finds no credible evidence that vouchers have improved student achievement.

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20110221_Pa__s_unaccountable_voucher_bill.html

WHYY Newsworks February 19, 2011

Listen to Senators Leach & Williams debate SB1 on Radio Times

Pennsylvania's Senate Education Committee held hearings earlier this week on a new bill that would allow low-income families tax-funded vouchers to send their children to a school of their choosing rather than a failing neighborhood school.

On Friday, Democratic State Senators Anthony Hardy Williams from Philadelphia and Daylin Leach from Montgomery County passionately debated the issues surrounding public education and the new bill on Radio Times.

If you missed Friday's heated debate listen to the full broadcast (50 minutes) here from Radio Times.

Charlotte Hummel is School Board President in the William Penn School District

Delaware County Times Saturday, February 19, 2011

Guest Column: School vouchers aren’t the answer

By CHARLOTTE HUMMEL, Times Guest Columnist

http://delcotimes.com/articles/2011/02/19/opinion/doc4d5f3d9a3331d089076164.txt

Why America's teachers are enraged

By Diane Ravitch, Special to CNN

February 20, 2011 6:05 p.m. EST

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/20/ravitch.teachers.blamed/index.html?hpt=T2#