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While school vouchers have captured the headlines, a different
policy has captured the students. Tuition tax credit laws are now
entrenched in Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Iowa,
and Georgia, and they affect far more students. Yet few people
understand the nature of these policies or the political and legal
issues surrounding them. This book provides a comprehensive
analysis of the structure, legality, and policy implications of
tuition tax credits, which have garnered only scant attention even
while expanding to cover more students than the voucher policies
they're designed to emulate. At a time when tax credit policies are
becoming a major form of American school choice, this book offers
insights into both the strengths and weakness of the approach.
While school vouchers have captured the headlines, a different
policy has captured the students. Tuition tax credit laws are now
entrenched in Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Iowa,
and Georgia, and they affect far more students. Yet few people
understand the nature of these policies or the political and legal
issues surrounding them. This book provides a comprehensive
analysis of the structure, legality, and policy implications of
tuition tax credits, which have garnered only scant attention even
while expanding to cover more students than the voucher policies
they're designed to emulate. At a time when tax credit policies are
becoming a major form of American school choice, this book offers
insights into both the strengths and weakness of the approach.
If all humor does indeed come from pain, then American educational
policymaking has been a petri dish brimming with hilarity. Even
before Betsy DeVos ascended to her perch atop the U.S. Department
of Education, her predecessors had offered up an excruciating
decade of fodder for satire. Ably assisted by a bevy of
billionaires, foundations, and advocacy think tanks, these
policymakers unleashed a torrent of rhetorical gibberish and
evidence-free "innovations" on the nation's children and their
schools. Potential Grizzlies: Making the Nonsense Bearable is one
researcher's attempt to laugh instead of cry. The book will bring
back memories of policymakers from more innocent times, from
Michelle Rhee to Arne Duncan to Chris Christie. Sit back and relax
with fond thoughts of your favorite policies, from testing to
school choice to "parent trigger." Or maybe just smile and imagine
a day when policymakers turn to research evidence and knowledgeable
educators to build a sound future for our children.
If all humor does indeed come from pain, then American educational
policymaking has been a petri dish brimming with hilarity. Even
before Betsy DeVos ascended to her perch atop the U.S. Department
of Education, her predecessors had offered up an excruciating
decade of fodder for satire. Ably assisted by a bevy of
billionaires, foundations, and advocacy think tanks, these
policymakers unleashed a torrent of rhetorical gibberish and
evidence-free "innovations" on the nation's children and their
schools. Potential Grizzlies: Making the Nonsense Bearable is one
researcher's attempt to laugh instead of cry. The book will bring
back memories of policymakers from more innocent times, from
Michelle Rhee to Arne Duncan to Chris Christie. Sit back and relax
with fond thoughts of your favorite policies, from testing to
school choice to "parent trigger." Or maybe just smile and imagine
a day when policymakers turn to research evidence and knowledgeable
educators to build a sound future for our children.
A volume in The National Education Policy Center Series Series
Editors: Kevin G. Welner, University of Colorado-Boulder Exploring
the School Choice Universe: Evidence and Recommendations gives
readers a comprehensive, complete picture of choice policies and
issues. In doing so, it offers cross-cutting insights that are
obscured when one looks only at single issue or a single approach
to choice. The book examines choice in its various forms: charter
schools, home schooling, online schooling, voucher plans that allow
students to use taxpayer funds to attend private schools, tuition
tax credit plans that provide a public subsidy for private school
tuition, and magnet schools and other forms of public school intra-
and interdistrict choice. It brings together some of the top
researchers in the field, presenting a comprehensive overview of
the best current knowledge of these important policies. The
questions addressed in Exploring the School Choice Universe are of
most importance to researchers and policy makers. What do choice
programs actually do? What forms do they take? Who participates,
and why? What are the funding implications? What are the results of
different forms of school choice on outcomes that matter, like
student performance, segregation, and competition effects? Do they
affect teachers' working conditions? Do they drive innovation? The
contents of this book offer reason to believe that choice policies
can further some educational goals. But they also suggest many
reasons for caution. If choice policies are to be evidence-based, a
re-examination is in order. The information, insights and
recommendations facilitate a more nuanced understanding of school
choice and provide the basis for designing sensible school choice
reforms that can pursue a range of desirable outcomes.
Endorsements: "By far, the richest source of information on the
most controversial issue in education." - Henry M. Levin, Teachers
College, Columbia University. "This book is one of the few
contributions to the school choice debate that recognizes the range
and complexity of the issues involved and acknowledges that
political judgements about the costs and benefits of choice
initiatives are not straightforward. It will be of interest not
only to American readers but also to those in other countries
considering the adoption of similar choice policies. I strongly
recommend this book to anyone who does not have a closed mind on
the subject." - Geoff Whitty, Director Emeritus, Institute of
Education, University of London
Exploring the School Choice Universe: Evidence and Recommendations
gives readers a comprehensive, complete picture of choice policies
and issues. In doing so, it offers cross-cutting insights that are
obscured when one looks only at single issue or a single approach
to choice. The book examines choice in its various forms: charter
schools, home schooling, online schooling, voucher plans that allow
students to use taxpayer funds to attend private schools, tuition
tax credit plans that provide a public subsidy for private school
tuition, and magnet schools and other forms of public school intra-
and interdistrict choice. It brings together some of the top
researchers in the field, presenting a comprehensive overview of
the best current knowledge of these important policies. The
questions addressed in Exploring the School Choice Universe are of
most importance to researchers and policy makers. What do choice
programs actually do? What forms do they take? Who participates,
and why? What are the funding implications? What are the results of
different forms of school choice on outcomes that matter, like
student performance, segregation, and competition effects? Do they
affect teachers' working conditions? Do they drive innovation? The
contents of this book offer reason to believe that choice policies
can further some educational goals. But they also suggest many
reasons for caution. If choice policies are to be evidence-based, a
re-examination is in order. The information, insights and
recommendations facilitate a more nuanced understanding of school
choice and provide the basis for designing sensible school choice
reforms that can pursue a range of desirable outcomes.
In March 2010, the Obama administration released A Blueprint for
Reform, setting forth its proposed revisions of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act. If enacted, the Blueprint will shape the
curriculum, standards, assessments, and accountability systems of
schools throughout the nation. It will also determine how and where
federal education funds will be targeted, further increase federal
control over K-12 education, and increase the private-sector role
in the operation of public schools. In advancing this agenda,
President Obama and education secretary Arne Duncan have maintained
that their Blueprint recommendations are grounded in research, and
in May the U.S. Department of Education issued a set of six
documents presented as summaries of the research supporting their
plan. As an extension of the ongoing Think Tank Review Project, the
staff and Fellows of the National Education Policy Center examine
these research summaries and assess how well they represent the
full body of knowledge in each of the reform areas. In The Obama
Education Blueprint, prominent education policy experts from across
the nation offer a comprehensive analysis of the research support
for the U.S. Department of Education's plan for the reauthorization
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This volume is
designed to provide policymakers, the media, and interested
citizens with what the research actually says about the
administration's proposals.
In March 2010, the Obama administration released A Blueprint for
Reform, setting forth its proposed revisions of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act. If enacted, the Blueprint will shape the
curriculum, standards, assessments, and accountability systems of
schools throughout the nation. It will also determine how and where
federal education funds will be targeted, further increase federal
control over K-12 education, and increase the private-sector role
in the operation of public schools. In advancing this agenda,
President Obama and education secretary Arne Duncan have maintained
that their Blueprint recommendations are grounded in research, and
in May the U.S. Department of Education issued a set of six
documents presented as summaries of the research supporting their
plan. As an extension of the ongoing Think Tank Review Project, the
staff and Fellows of the National Education Policy Center examine
these research summaries and assess how well they represent the
full body of knowledge in each of the reform areas. In The Obama
Education Blueprint, prominent education policy experts from across
the nation offer a comprehensive analysis of the research support
for the U.S. Department of Education's plan for the reauthorization
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This volume is
designed to provide policymakers, the media, and interested
citizens with what the research actually says about the
administration's proposals.
Endorsements: At a time when private think-tanks seek to advance
their ideological agendas through what is often shoddy research,
this book is both a welcome corrective to and a reminder of the
dangers of the mis-use of data in significant educational policy
debates. - Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Democracy thrives when a nation insures itself of a well-informed
populace. The Think Tank Review Project helps our nation meet that
goal by debunking bad social science, much of which emanates from
the many highly partisan and well-funded think tanks that have
developed over the last few decades. This book presents the best of
the Project's reviews in a compelling indictment of think tank
reports and their influence. - David Berliner, Arizona State
University Education policy over the past thirty years has been
powerfully influenced by well-funded and slickly produced research
reports produced by advocacy think tanks. The quality of think tank
reports and the value of the policies they support have been
sharply debated. To help policymakers, the media, and the public
assess these quality issues, the Think Tank Review Project provides
expert third party reviews. The Project has, since 2006, published
59 reviews of reports from 26 different institutions. This book
brings together 21 of those reviews, focusing on examining the
arguments and evidence used by think tanks to promote reforms such
as vouchers, charter schools and alternative routes to teacher
certification. The reviews are written using clear, non-academic
language, with each review illustrating how readers can approach,
understand and critique policy studies and reports. The book will
be of interest to practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and
anyone concerned with the current debates about educational reform.
Endorsements: At a time when private think-tanks seek to advance
their ideological agendas through what is often shoddy research,
this book is both a welcome corrective to and a reminder of the
dangers of the mis-use of data in significant educational policy
debates. - Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Democracy thrives when a nation insures itself of a well-informed
populace. The Think Tank Review Project helps our nation meet that
goal by debunking bad social science, much of which emanates from
the many highly partisan and well-funded think tanks that have
developed over the last few decades. This book presents the best of
the Project's reviews in a compelling indictment of think tank
reports and their influence. - David Berliner, Arizona State
University Education policy over the past thirty years has been
powerfully influenced by well-funded and slickly produced research
reports produced by advocacy think tanks. The quality of think tank
reports and the value of the policies they support have been
sharply debated. To help policymakers, the media, and the public
assess these quality issues, the Think Tank Review Project provides
expert third party reviews. The Project has, since 2006, published
59 reviews of reports from 26 different institutions. This book
brings together 21 of those reviews, focusing on examining the
arguments and evidence used by think tanks to promote reforms such
as vouchers, charter schools and alternative routes to teacher
certification. The reviews are written using clear, non-academic
language, with each review illustrating how readers can approach,
understand and critique policy studies and reports. The book will
be of interest to practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and
anyone concerned with the current debates about educational reform.
A volume in Educational Policy and Law Series Editors: Kevin G.
Welner and Wendy C. Chi, University of Colorado at Boulder
Educational policy controversies in the United States invariably
implicate legal issues. Policy debates about testing and school
choice, for example, cannot be disentangled from legal rights and
mandates. The same is true for issues such as funding, campus
safety, speech and religion rights, as well as the teaching of
immigrant students. Written for a general audience, this new
twelve-chapter book explores these compelling educational policy
issues through that legal lens, building an understanding of both
law and policy. The book's editors are Kevin Welner, associate
professor of educational policy at the University of Colorado at
Boulder, and Wendy Chi, a doctoral candidate at Boulder. Both
Welner and Chi are lawyers as well as educational scholars.
Educational policy controversies in the United States invariably
implicate legal issues. Policy debates about testing and school
choice, for example, cannot be disentangled from legal rights and
mandates. The same is true for issues such as funding, campus
safety, speech and religion rights, as well as the teaching of
immigrant students. Written for a general audience, this new
twelve-chapter book explores these compelling educational policy
issues through that legal lens, building an understanding of both
law and policy. The book's editors are Kevin Welner, associate
professor of educational policy at the University of Colorado at
Boulder, and Wendy Chi, a doctoral candidate at Boulder. Both
Welner and Chi are lawyers as well as educational scholars.
While the achievement gap has dominated policy discussions over the
past two decades, relatively little attention has been paid to a
gap that is even more at odds with American ideals: the opportunity
gap. Opportunity and achievement, while inextricably connected, are
very different goals. Every American will not go to college, but
every American should be given fair opportunities to be prepared
for college. By obsessively focusing on measuring achievement, the
nation's policymakers have made little progress in measuring or
addressing inequitable opportunities. Policy therefore fails to
engage with the challenges, supports, and resources that lead to
improvements in student learning. The achievement gap has not
arisen by coincidence; children learn when they have opportunities
to learn, and gaps in opportunities have led to gaps in
achievement. Moreover, students' learning experiences and outcomes
are deeply affected by many factors outside of the immediate
control of schools. Closing the Opportunity Gap brings together top
experts who offer evidence-based essays that paint a powerful
picture of denied opportunities. They also describe sensible,
research-based policy approaches to enhance opportunities. They
highlight the discrepancies that exist in our society and in our
public schools, focusing on how policy decisions and broader
circumstances conspire to create the opportunity gap that leads
inexorably to the outcome differences that have become so stark.
The volume makes a compelling case that American educational policy
must move beyond the conventional focus on achievement and opens a
discussion about the common sense ways schools can and should give
all American children more equitable opportunities to thrive.
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