Prometheus 6

Conservatives Can't Vouch for Vouchers, But They Will Mislead
By Isaiah J. Poole
June 17th, 2008 - 10:45am ET

The propaganda machine supporting school vouchers, headquartered in the office of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, is determined not to let the facts get in the way of conservative ideological spin.

The press release for a report released Monday on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program—a masterfully euphemistic name for a program that uses public funds to pay for private school education—is headlined: "Report Reaffirms Academic Gains for D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Participants."

The report actually says this: