A full-page ad running in newspapers across the state of Florida on Thursday will call on Gov. Jeb Bush to publicly support a ballot initiative that would reduce class sizes in the state’s public schools over an eight-year period.
A full-page ad running in newspapers across the state of Florida on Thursday will call on Gov. Jeb Bush to publicly support a ballot initiative that would reduce class sizes in the state’s public schools over an eight-year period.
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the Ohio law creating a private-school voucher program in Cleveland is constitutional. People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF) President Ralph G. Neas voiced alarm at the Court’s ruling
Letter Apparently Authored by Voucher Advocate Sent by Board Members Without Public Discussion, Input
Neas calls on Bush to Repudiate Divisive Comments
In a letter sent today to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, Assistant Attorney General Ralph Boyd explained why the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department has closed the vast majority of its investigations into election misconduct in Florida in 2000.
People For the American Way hailed today’s ruling by the Florida Supreme Court approving a class-size reduction initiative for the November ballot.
People For the American Way Foundation Vice President and Legal and Education Policy Director Elliot Mincberg will testify today before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce on the issue of equal educational choices for parents and students. Mincberg’s testimony will focus on the issue of tuition tax credits for private schools
Statement of Jim Ward, Executive Director of ADA Watch Action Fund, a project of People For the American Way
New Analysis Shows 76 Cents of Every Dollar of Lost Tax Revenue Flow to Students Already Enrolled in Private Schools
Bigoted diatribe against gay men and lesbians shows Chief Justice Roy Moore is incapable of dispensing equal justice, illustrates continuing inequality faced by gay Americans
Cleveland case could determine future of church-state separation, spawn intense legislative battles over voucher programs
Neas names Jim Ward PFAWF’s Director of Disability Rights
Bidding "good riddance" to a nine-year federal blockade, People For the American Way joins in celebrating the implementation of the District of Columbia’s domestic partnership law.
Despite claims that the Cleveland voucher program provides a choice between religious and nonsectarian private schools, nearly 100 percent of Cleveland voucher students attend private religious schools, a new report shows.
PFAW Praises Targeting of Funds, Absence of Voucher Provisions, and Maintaining Anti-Hate Funding and Civil Rights Protections
Supreme Court Brief Summarizes Key Arguments Against Vouchers; Diverse Array of Organizations File Amicus Briefs in Case
The Cleveland school voucher program conveys an unconstitutional state endorsement of religion "to no less a degree than if the State had made direct unrestricted government payments to the participating sectarian private schools providing a religious education."
Neas Calls New ‘Equality’ Fundraising Message Deceptive, Cites Conflicts With Group’s Recent Efforts to Avoid Anti-Discrimination Laws
Neas Urges Unbiased Implementation of Sept. 11 Aid Fund