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Download full textMitchell, Susan – Wisconsin Policy Research Report, 1999
Aggressive intervention by a school-choice coalition and supportive elected officials turned back threats to the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) posed by burdensome state regulation of private schools. MPCP continues to expand, studies report academic gains, parents are satisfied and involved, and public support has grown. Supporters of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Policy
Pioneer Inst. for Public Policy Research, Boston, MA. – 1996
On January 31, 1996, Pioneer Institute Executive Director James A. Peyser delivered an address to the Boston Economic Club, in which he proposed radical reforms to the structure of public education. This publication contains an edited transcript of the speech. The speech argues that after 30 years of stagnation and decline, only fundamental…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Capitalism, Charter Schools, Competition
Rouk, Ullik – Insights on Education Policy, Practice, and Research, 2000
This report from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) examines the status of publicly funded voucher programs, issues affecting the voucher movement, and program research. No legislature in the five member states served by SEDL has adopted vouchers, but several private programs are in place. Proponents claim vouchers offer an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
