A Bold Experiment To Fix City Schools.

Miller, Matthew

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ERIC Number: EJ587684

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Publication Date: 1999

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A Bold Experiment To Fix City Schools.

Miller, Matthew

Atlantic Monthly, v284 n1 p15-16,18,26-28,30-31 Jul 1999

Although vouchers were popular among 1970s leftists, a political standoff has kept them unavailable to 99% of urban school children. This article debunks common arguments against vouchers and advocates a system that awards substantial voucher amounts (a 20% spending boost) to needy students, thus mollifying conservatives and progressives. (MLH)

Descriptors: Conservatism, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Improvement, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Funding Formulas, Liberalism, Politics of Education, Racial Factors, Unions, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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