June 22, 2014 03:25 PM UTC

Woods' love of vouchers goes unchallenged, as usual

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• by: Jason Salzman

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

I can tell you I've heard plenty of love for vouchers on conservative talk radio. But someone who might question vouchers? That's rare.

Typical of the unchallenged statements is the one below, from State Senate candidate Laura Woods from KLZ 560-AM's Wake Up with Randy Corporon June 2. Waters is fighting Lang Sias in a State Senate primary Tuesday to take on Democrat Rachel Zenzinger.

State Senate Candidate Laura Woods: I am a believer in empowering teachers. I want teachers to be empowered to use the skills that they’ve been given to teach our kids, and mold and shape creative geniuses to come out of our schools. For that to happen, we need to get Common Core out of our schools. I’m in favor of parental choice where school is concerned. I would be very much in favor of a voucher system for schools. And I would support private school, home school, charter school, public school, across the board, evenly, so that parents have the choice in whatever they choose, their kids get the best education possible.

Listen to Laura Woods on KLZ 6.2.14

Her words flow over the airwaves free from any resistance from critical thought.

Here's a Politico article that Corporon can save in his pocket and pull out next time he has Woods or another voucher lover on his show. Titled, "Vouchers Don't Do Much for Students," the article provides a good national glimpse at the problems with vouchers.

But behind the outrage is an inconvenient truth: Taxpayers across the U.S. will soon be spending $1 billion a year to help families pay private school tuition — and there’s little evidence that the investment yields academic gains.