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This holiday season, we offer resources for children and families to deepen our democratic values and celebrate our shared humanity. Let’s consider the ways we can come together in our communities to cultivate hope and nurture all our children and youth. 

School vouchers are currently a popular topic among politicians and interest groups pushing to defund public schools and shift taxpayer funds to private for-profit or religious institutions. “By funneling public taxpayer money away from public schools, [vouchers] whittle away the ability to provide a high-quality education that is free at the point of service to all children in a community. This allows continued claims of a failing public education system. Yet, what is truly at stake is the future of a system that operates for the common good.”