Policy Review articles from January 1999

Policy Review archives from January 1999

A QUESTION OF CAPACITY.
January 1, 1999... How many children can vouchers really help? The current demand for inner-city private scholarships is just the first sounding of a national cry for school choice. Across the country there are three times as many low-income children waiting...

The "Neighborhood Effect" of School Choice.
January 1, 1999... Most people who leave the central cities for the suburbs cite three main reasons for their move: crime, the quality of life, and the quality of the public schools. Cities have been getting the upper hand on crime in recent years, while...

EDUCATION'S EVIL EMPIRE.
January 1, 1999... Over the next two years, Congress will reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a $13 billion federal program that encompasses most federal legislation affecting K-12 education. At the heart of ESEA is the infamous Title I...

NO EXCUSES FOR FAILING OUR CHILDEN.
January 1, 1999... America has been committed to equal opportunity in education ever since the historic Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954. But our country will never be able to achieve this commitment until we open up choice and competition in our...

SENDING PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
January 1, 1999... The untold story of special education One of the most common arguments against school choice is that it will create a system of privilege that prefers only the easiest students to teach. Opponents of vouchers argue that because public...

ARE VOUCHERS CONSTITUTIONAL?
January 1, 1999... Yes, and here's how to design them The widespread recognition that our country's public-school system is in grave need of reform-reform that competition and diversity might most effectively bring about-has led people from all walks of life...

Justice in Wisconsin.
January 1, 1999... On November 9, 1998 the United States Supreme Court declined review of a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision holding that Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program, which provides tuition vouchers for low-income families to send their children to both...

PAYING THE PIPER.
January 1, 1999... Will vouchers undermine the mission of religious schools? By most accounts, last year was a banner year for school choice. In June, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a state-funded voucher program does not violate the separation of...

A MODEL OF CULTURAL LEADERSHIP.
January 1, 1999... The achievements of Privately Funded Vouchers These visionaries are among the great conservative heroes of our time: J. Patrick Rooney. James R. Leininger. Michael S. Joyce. John T. Walton. Theodore J. Forstmann. The privately-funded...

VOUCHERS AND TEST SCORES.
January 1, 1999... What the numbers show Students in private schools learn more and score higher on standardized tests than their counterparts in public schools. Some say this does not prove that private schools are better but only shows that children from...

NOT THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
January 1, 1999... The Most Wanted Quotes on Vouchers and School Choice Arthur Levine, President of Columbia University Teachers College "Throughout my career, I have been an opponent of school voucher programs. . . . However, after much soul-searching, I...

A CHOICE FOR THE CHOSEN.
January 1, 1999... How school choice can renew Jewish community School vouchers will give more parents the resources and the choice to send their children to private schools. In these circumstances, more Jewish parents would be enabled to send their children...

Public School Benefits of Private School Vouchers.
January 1, 1999... Across the country, school choice programs are compelling public schools to improve Though still in their infancy, school choice programs have improved overall student academic achievement in public schools. Evidently, competition is good...