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July 24, 2007
July 24, 2007
Vouchers get a good rep., the practically perfect school choice guide for parents, parents' fears of school choice addressed...
Market Wire, VA: Richmond Fed Publication Examines Academic Alternatives - Proponents of school choice argue that it would help poor-performing schools and the students who must attend them. With vouchers, parents can shop for the best schools, creating competition and improving educational outcomes. Until recently, however, there was little data to test the theory. In the cover story of the latest issue of Region Focus, Doug Campbell looks at a pioneering program in Milwaukee and concludes that while the evidence is mixed, school choice has benefited many of that city's schools and students. Soon, conversations about vouchers may be based on facts instead of opinion.
East Valley Tribune, AZ: Back to School - Here's a community newspaper touting choice and showing parents how to access info about their schools and choices. Teachers come and go, but parents are there every year of a child’s education. They pick the school, and in some cases the teacher. They get the test scores, the newsletters, the progress reports. They love their child more than anyone else. For a student, there can be no better watchdog.
National Review Online: There They Go Again - Trying to manufacture school diversity — whether through race or income — is a well meaning but ultimately bad idea. Districts should focus on improving schools for all students and providing real school choice for all families, not on re-jiggering pupil assignment plans. Schools need to return to the task at hand: educating all kids, regardless of what they look like or how much money their parents make.
The State, SC: Beaufort lawmaker backs school choice - Some parents are really upset when it comes to choice of a school; I know that. There are fears that the effectiveness of their schools will be destroyed, and that integration will be destroyed. These are really crazy concerns. Such fears exist because parents don't understand the power of their own authority to hold schools and administrators accountable.
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