Lessons from Arizona’s universal school voucher program

Arizona is the national pioneer for universal school vouchers. What lessons does it have for other states? And who’s actually benefiting most from universal vouchers? Our latest collaboration with ProPublica.

Eli Hager, ProPublica Reporter covering the Southwest. Author of School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget. More of his school voucher reporting will come out in October.

Deven Carlson, Professor of Political Science and Associate Director for Education at the Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis at the University of Oklahoma.

Brittany McConahay, Mother of three homeschooling her children in Chandler, Arizona.

Curtis Finch, Superintendent of Deer Valley Unified School District in Arizona.

Angelica Zavala, Mother of two living in West Phoenix, Arizona.

Interpretation and translation by Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez.