Associate Professor of Education Policy Campbell Scribner spoke with the Texas Tribune about dwindling enrollment for schools in the East Texas school district.
“We’re in this moment where, for political polarization and a bunch of other reasons, education has come into the crosshairs. I wouldn’t prescribe it all to vouchers, but I do think vouchers are part of a much larger vibe shift in how Americans view their schools,” said Scribner.
He further explained that the decline in public school enrollment was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing debates about the role of schools. He raised concerns about the inefficiencies in resource allocation.
“Some schools were spending tens of thousands of dollars on these materials, which was then tens of thousands of dollars not going to students,” Scribner said. “Is that an improvement? Is that more efficient?”
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