Pennsylvanians follow Gov. Corbett to Washington to say NO to vouchers

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn6jbA9e1uE

That’s video from Penn Action’s May 9 D.C. rally against vouchers.  Along with Action United and with help from the SEIU, the PSEA, USAction and the Philadelphia Student Union, a bus of concerned citizens travelled from Bucks County and Philadelphia to Washington D.C. to protest against school vouchers.   Pennsylvania’s Gov. Corbett joined his role model, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, in addressing the American Federation of Children, a pro-voucher, anti-public school organization.  We wanted to be there to let Gov. Corbett know that vouchers are not the solution to any problems Pennsylvania schools have – and that his $1.2B of cuts are not helping.   You can read and watch accounts of the event from a number of media outlets that covered the event.

Vouchers pull money from public schools (the estimate is that after three years of vouchers, about $1B will have been taken from public schools), leaving children behind in schools that need funds to improve.  The schools that receive voucher money are not subject to accountability standards and the vouchers are not enough to cover their costs.