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This authoritative book examines the long-standing campaign that
resulted in today's school voucher policies. Advocates of private
school vouchers promulgated a vision of service to low-income
families, students of color, and other marginalized student
populations. Vouchers were sold as a way to advance civil rights.
But as voucher policies grew in size and became an element of
Republican orthodoxy, they evolved into subsidies for a broad swath
of advantaged families, with minimal antidiscrimination
protections. The approach also transmuted into forms like education
savings account programs and vouchers funded through tax-credited
donations. In this book, scholars and national experts untangle
this complex story to show how law and policy have aligned to
dramatically alter the likely future of American schooling. They
offer recommendations for modifying current policies with the goal
of capturing more of the originally stated vision of voucher
programs—equitable access to quality schooling, protection of all
students' civil rights, and advancement of the wider societal goals
of a democratic educational system. Book Features: Shows how a
fast-growing policy is transforming education in the United States
in ways that are very different from how that policy was sold to
the public. Sets the stage with a discussion of the history and
legal dimensions of voucher battles, as well as the politics of
policy change. Examines the basic structure of contemporary private
schooling, the Southern history of vouchers, and the key federal
court decisions that have opened the door to an explosion of state
legislation. Offers profiles of voucher policies in two states that
have made the largest efforts to support vouchers, as well as the
only nationally funded program in the nation's capital. Edited by
three scholars with extensive experience in the study of school
choice, with chapters by national experts who have produced seminal
work in the field.
This authoritative book examines the long-standing campaign that
resulted in today's school voucher policies. Advocates of private
school vouchers promulgated a vision of service to low-income
families, students of color, and other marginalized student
populations. Vouchers were sold as a way to advance civil rights.
But as voucher policies grew in size and became an element of
Republican orthodoxy, they evolved into subsidies for a broad swath
of advantaged families, with minimal antidiscrimination
protections. The approach also transmuted into forms like education
savings account programs and vouchers funded through tax-credited
donations. In this book, scholars and national experts untangle
this complex story to show how law and policy have aligned to
dramatically alter the likely future of American schooling. They
offer recommendations for modifying current policies with the goal
of capturing more of the originally stated vision of voucher
programs—equitable access to quality schooling, protection of all
students' civil rights, and advancement of the wider societal goals
of a democratic educational system. Book Features: Shows how a
fast-growing policy is transforming education in the United States
in ways that are very different from how that policy was sold to
the public. Sets the stage with a discussion of the history and
legal dimensions of voucher battles, as well as the politics of
policy change. Examines the basic structure of contemporary private
schooling, the Southern history of vouchers, and the key federal
court decisions that have opened the door to an explosion of state
legislation. Offers profiles of voucher policies in two states that
have made the largest efforts to support vouchers, as well as the
only nationally funded program in the nation's capital. Edited by
three scholars with extensive experience in the study of school
choice, with chapters by national experts who have produced seminal
work in the field.
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