School vouchers: A parent’s nightmare

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School vouchers: A parent’s nightmare

BY JODI YONDER, Contributor MIAMI — Rebecca Forbes-Levy is very passionate about education. Like many African-American parents, she wanted to make sure her only son received the best education available. Unfortunately, like many parents, she bought into the Mckay Scholarship program, which is code for vouchers. It began a nightmarish journey that Forbes-Levy painfully recalls. “I […]

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