Iowa state auditor stunned that some are celebrating school vouchers as a means of ending public education

There will always be public education in the United States, and huge donations to Democrats by teachers’ unions will help that along. Plus, let’s face it, a lot of Americans are happy to have their kids in public schools. Maybe indoctrination hasn’t set in yet, or maybe they’re counting on the schools to do the indoctrinating. Remember the time a Harvard professor called for a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling because it violates children’s right to a “meaningful education” and also appeals to “extreme religious ideologues” who “question science and promote female subservience and white supremacy.” The kicker: Homeschooling may keep children “from contributing positively to a democratic society.”

This tweet isn’t about homeschooling but the next worst thing, vouchers. Iowa state auditor Rob Sand decided to tweet that school vouchers are pushed by powerful people who are focused on ideology.

School vouchers are an imported idea pushed by powerful groups who are focused on ideology, not on what's best for Iowa.

— Rob Sand (@RobSandIA) December 28, 2022

Truly incredible to watch lots of blue checkmarks with *no* *ties* *to* *Iowa* come and argue about why vouchers will be so great in Iowa…. thus proving the point of my tweet… with many also openly celebrating vouchers as a path to ending public education.

— Rob Sand (@RobSandIA) December 28, 2022

How does that prove the point of his tweet? We thought we were churning out good citizens from the school system — why wouldn’t people outside of Iowa care about education there? Do people not move from there?

Spending taxpayer funds on private religious schools is unconstitutional. The separation of church and state must be observed.

— Maria H. Conzemius (@mariahouser) December 28, 2022

got one for you, @BadLegalTakes.

— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) December 28, 2022

Explain how the money following the students, even to religious schools establishes a state religion. I'll wait.

— Joe (@JoeC1776) December 28, 2022

Your Twitter profile says you look for waste fraud and abuse in government. What have you found in the public education system? How much does Iowa pay teachers’ unions? Or, maybe the right question is, how much do the teachers unions pay politicians in your state? https://t.co/yo8AMnzPRQ

— Michele Tafoya (@Michele_Tafoya) December 28, 2022

That “powerful group” is called “parents,” who absolutely want what’s best for their kids, which *is* what’s best for Iowa.

Also, wasn’t the idea for district schools “imported” from Prussia via Massachusetts? The origin doesn’t matter. Results do.

— Jason Bedrick (@JasonBedrick) December 28, 2022

imagine fighting to trap kids in failing government schools.

— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) December 28, 2022

Giving parents a choice is like the best of free market ideas. Why would you have issue with it?

— Marinenavybrat (@PhotosbyJandD) December 28, 2022

Government-run education is an idea pushed by powerful groups (AFT, NEA, WEF) who are focused on ideology (CRT/SEL, gender fluidity), not on what's best for Iowa OR the kids.

— ✭ Spoonster; RIP Ella French; Who Is Ray Epps? (@USASpoonster) December 28, 2022

"Powerful groups" = parents.

It's a conspiracy, a conspiracy! I tell you. A conspiracy of concerned parents who wish to use their own money to improve their childrens' education.

This is a contemptible red herring you're pitching, Sand. Iowa parents have agency.

— Radical Radials (@EchelonRight) December 28, 2022

You fear school choice because you know that, given the choice, people will flee government schools.
If government schools were all they claim to be, vouchers wouldn't be an issue.
No one would bother.

— Greenbrier (@greenbrier_n) December 28, 2022

Not one advocate of school vouchers is arguing that parents shouldn’t be able to send their children to a public school if they so choose. So why are people like Sand so afraid of public schools losing out on that sweet, sweet tax money?

Let the parents have the money. If the public schools are safe and teach the basics, parents will send their children to public schools. If you allow crime and woke BS – parents need options.

— JP (@gobucs4444) December 28, 2022

Weak take. Vouchers are a response to our school leadership becoming indistinguishable from the Democrat party and not taking any responsibility for the failures of our education system. It's always an external failure and it's always a cry for more money.

— Jayson Alan (@JaysonLAlan) December 28, 2022

Now try commenting on the actual merits of vouchers.

— Savant Idiot (@SavantIdiot1) December 28, 2022

I suppose public schools are not an imported idea? Iowa invented public schools, right? Your logic is lacking.

— "You’re not special because you’re a journalist." (@MaceChan) December 28, 2022

Tell us you’re owned by the teachers unions without telling us you’re owned by the teachers unions.

— Galt’s Ghost (@SJEqualizer) December 28, 2022

This is a garbage take.

— Good Boy! (@DucksSoCal2016) December 28, 2022

Improve the quality of education in public schools, eliminate indoctrination, and people will stay … so why not do it?

It’s hilarious that a tool of the teachers’ unions is worried about “powerful groups” focused on ideology.

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