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The key to closing the minority schooling gap: school choice.
In a nation supposedly committed to free enterprise, consumer choice, and equal educational opportunities, school choice should be routine. That it is not demonstrates the clout of those dedicated to preserving the government's monopoly over public education. To listen to the education establishment, one would think that school choice is a radical, scary, alien concept. Indeed, the defenders of the status quo have convinced many voters that school choice is a threat to American society.
But school choice is not threatening, and it is not new. To the contrary, it is the norm in most modern nations (see the article starting on page 36). Even in the U.S., ...
- Opponents Send Their Kids to Private Schools.(Heritage Foundation survey shows...
- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) December 1, 2000 700+ words
...children to private schools. In the House...advantage of school choice for their own...to switch to private schools. As a result...children to private schools. The Heritage...while opposing school-choice opportunities...
- More favor school choice.(Gallup/Phil Delta Kappa poll finds 51% support public...
- Magazine article from: Insight on the News Scully, Sean September 28, 1998 700+ words
...public aid to private schools, good news for...Republicans who hope school choice will lure traditional...Americans opposed school-choice plans. Republicans...public support for private schools. But Democratic...downplayed the school-choice question in ...
- The difference that choice makes; Economics focus; School choice.(Finance and...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 27, 2001 700+ words
...fascinating new work on the effects of school choice suggests. Caroline Hoxby of Harvard...to answer hard questions. Even if school choice were an issue that did not matter...justly admired. And it so happens that school choice is something that matters a lot. In...
- Vouchers don't mean kids will get in private schools: Space is limited for...
- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) February 1, 2006 700+ words
...Richards Feb. 1--For the private schools that take them, vouchers...one of the Franklin County private schools that have signed up with...children's issues, including school choice. Private schools can continue to register...
- Talk Back Baseless criticism unfair to mayor; Mayor hasn't been critical of...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 5, 1996 700+ words
You had harsh words for Mayor John Norquist in your April 25 editorial titled "Norquist could better help MPS," and your criticism seemed off the mark. Perhaps we did not hear the same inaugural speech. I heard the mayor champion the right of children who live in Milwaukee to have educational
- School choice can't work if parents don't choose to get involved. (Originated...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service September 2, 1993 700+ words
...the cries for school choice are growing louder...schools compete with private schools for students...would jump on the school-choice bandwagon, if...unfair to sell school choice by offering private schools as the panacea...
- Schooling the capital: the uphill struggle for school choice in...
- Magazine article from: National Review Miller, John J. June 30, 2008 700+ words
...leads D.C. Parents for School Choice, a grassroots group...million--take part in school-choice programs that involve private schools. The latest setback came...defeat has forced some school-choice proponents to doubt their...
- A step toward school choice, ready or not: Bush officials want to help parents...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor June 19, 2002 700+ words
...January, doesn't represent full-blown school choice - no vouchers or private schools involved. But it is a big step toward his...to states in July. The rules on public-school choice and supplemental services could affect about...
