"Those kind of things are changing the environment of the school so that kids who need to feel safe, kids who really, really want to learn, we're seeing higher dropout rates," said Ms. Ford, who spoke at a March 12 Heritage Foundation forum. "We're seeing kids staying home. It's a battleground for children instead of a safe haven for children. And we've seen it since the Obama administration policy."
Obama school discipline directive fueling classroom chaos →
Virginia Walden Ford, director of D.C. Parents for School Choice, which lobbied for the vouchers, said the results of the study do not surprise her.
Voucher students don't star →
