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A schoolteacher teaches music to the first class for black children since 1959, when schools closed in Prince Edward County, Virginia, as a protest against desegregation, July 1963. AP Photo

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Center for American Progress Issue Brief on the Racist Origins of Private School Vouchers

by Press on July 14, 2017

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School vouchers — A schoolteacher teaches music to the first class for black children since 1959, when schools closed in Prince Edward County, Virginia, as a protest against desegregation, July 1963. AP Photo

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2017. On the heels of proposals from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and President Donald Trump to create the first nationwide federal voucher program while slashing funds for public schools and loosening civil rights protections, a new issue brief from the…