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Sweeten the pot for middle America: to make school vouchers truly popular, make sure there's something in them for suburbanites.
The Republican gains of November have prompted renewed calls for action on school vouchers and choice in education. In the past, supporters fretted that the Bush administration had abandoned school vouchers too readily in the face of fierce Democratic opposition in 2001 and that pro-voucher governors were not committed enough in the face of resistant legislatures.
The political calculus has clearly changed. In Washington, D.C., voucher supporter Judd Gregg of New Hampshire is the new chair of the Senate committee overseeing education. In Colorado, Texas, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, Republican gains have produced new enthusiasm among school choice ...
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- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News August 1, 2005 700+ words
...LB1027 2003-006438 0-87078-484-6 Public school choice vs. private school vouchers. Title main entry. Ed. by Richard D. Kahlenberg...vouchers, but some also is given to the public school choice alternative. Distributed in the US by Brookings...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) September 4, 1999 700+ words
...sure whether they like the idea of school vouchers or not. Nor are the courts AS AMERICAN...transform education in the next decade: school vouchers. The strength of feeling--and...victory since 1973 for opponents of school vouchers. The scheme gives scholarships worth...
- The future of school choice. (Education).(school vouchers and educational tax...
- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) Reed, Lawrence W. Overton, Joseph P. January 1, 2003 700+ words
...have seemed to those in the nascent school choice movement that the odds against them...and America's Schools, that put school choice on the frontlines. The choice movement...The very wealthy have always had school choice. For them, the price of admission...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times April 3, 2003 700+ words
...Republican and longtime advocate of school choice, said he is eager to sign the bill...based Center for Education Reform. School-choice advocates applauded the flurry of state...Bush, a strong advocate of expanded school choice, included $75 million in his proposed...
- Blocking the exits: libertarian opposition to school vouchers is an attack on...
- Magazine article from: Policy Review Bolick, Clint May 1, 1998 700+ words
...their opposition to school choice. Answering the...the potential of school choice. School vouchers empower parents...however, that school vouchers will not expand...them. I wish the school-choice naysayers could...
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- Magazine article from: American Demographics September 1, 2001 700+ words
...what some advocates term "school choice") - a variety of tax subsidies...the complicated issue of school vouchers, public opinion varies considerably...have substituted the words "school choice" for "school vouchers" when discussing their proposals...
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- Magazine article from: The Humanist Doerr, Edd November 1, 2000 700+ words
...question that inextricably intertwined public school choice and private school vouchers, which clearly mixes apples and oranges...Sally Power, and David Halpin study voucher, school choice, and other school privatization schemes in...
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- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Leo, John March 11, 1996 700+ words
...be ordinary supporters of school vouchers or school choice, a great many of whom are...Riley's attack on the school-choice movement was protective...public-school coffers. School-choice money was over and above...
Source: HighBeam Research, Sweeten the pot for middle America: to make school vouchers truly...