Source: American Institute for Economic Research
by Phillip W Magness
“American Federation of Teachers leader Randi Weingarten is currently taking heat for her attempts to revive an old smear against school vouchers. In a recent interview, the teacher’s union boss claimed that pro-voucher slogans about ‘choice’ were really coded dog whistles from the segregationist era. Weingarten has a long history of falsely claiming that vouchers originated as part of the backlash against the 1954 desegregation ruling of Brown v. Board of Education. In reality, the concept of school choice traces back centuries prior. It can be found in the works of classical liberal philosophers Adam Smith, Thomas Paine, and John Stuart Mill, all of whom were also outspoken antislavery men.” (09/16/23)
https://www.aier.org/article/freedom-of-choice-in-education-the-origins-of-a-slogan/