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The Rise And Fall Of School Vouchers: A Story Of Religion, Race, And Politics, James Forman Jr.
The Rise And Fall Of School Vouchers: A Story Of Religion, Race, And Politics, James Forman Jr.
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This Article examines why school vouchers have failed to garner the support that so many assumed would follow the Court's decision in Zelman. The explanation, I suggest, concerns religion, race, and politics. The original rationale for vouchers was what I call the "values claim"-vouchers protected the right of parents to send their child to a school that reinforced their values. Originally promoted by Catholics, the values claim was adopted by evangelical Christians concerned about the secularization of public schools after the 1960s. Although the values claim was central for most of the history of the voucher movement, in the decade …
Do Charter Schools Threaten Public Education? Emerging Evidence From Fifteen Years Of A Quasi-Market For Schooling, James Forman Jr.
Do Charter Schools Threaten Public Education? Emerging Evidence From Fifteen Years Of A Quasi-Market For Schooling, James Forman Jr.
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Supporters of public education have long feared that charter schools will threaten the public system, both by 1) creaming off the most advantaged students and 2) undermining political support for the public system. These fears have not been borne out. Blacks are disproportionately in charters, whites are disproportionately in traditional public schools, and Hispanics are fairly evenly distributed between the two. Looking at class measures, poor students are distributed fairly equally between the two types of schools. And turning to other measures of privilege, the evidence does not point strongly in either direction. My conclusions are not without qualification. The …