October 4, 2023      4:25 PM

Ratliff: The Untold History of School Vouchers in Texas

In this guest article, Republican former State Board of Education Vice Chair Thomas Ratliff points out that the first version of a voucher proposal in Texas was a response to Brown v. Board of Education. At the time, vouchers were proposed to allow parents who opposed integration to send their children to segregated private schools

The issues of what to teach about history and school vouchers have both been in the news quite a bit lately. This made me wonder how much modern-day Texans really know about the history of vouchers in this state. Today we hear a lot about letting “parents choose” what is best for their child and about vouchers being a civil rights issue.

As you will see, these sentiments go back to the earliest days of the idea for vouchers.

By Thomas Ratliff

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