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No. 120 Can Vouchers Reform Public Schools?
Lessons from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
Written By: George A. Clowes, Ph.D.
Published In: Policy Studies > 2008
Publication date:
07/23/2008
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
This Heartland Policy Study by education expert George Clowes addresses concerns about the efficacy of school vouchers that have been raised recently by some school reform advocates. The author distinguishes between “charity vouchers” and universal vouchers and explains why the former are unlikely to cause systemic reform of public schools. However, new data on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program show that even charity vouchers demonstrate the reforming potential of school choice. Reform advocates shouldn’t give up on vouchers, Clowes concludes.
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