School choice is GOP issue with strong minority appeal.(Nation)(News...

The Washington Times;  September 12, 1997 ;     655 words ......GOP's prime legislative initiatives. School choice is what parents want and they deserve...14-year-old son in a private school through a school-choice program. My son was lost in the system...preferences. Judging from yesterday's event, school choice represents perhaps the party's ...

SCHOOL CHOICE:RICHARD K. ARMEY

Congressional Testimony;  July 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......and you, Chairman Boehner, for providing the opportunity to testify before you on the merits of school choice. School choice works. School choice gives freedom, opportunity and hope to thousands of children trapped in failing schools all across...

The Constitutional Parameters of School Choice*

Brigham Young University Law Review;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......INTRODUCTION In a conference about school choice, it is somewhat perverse that it...and educational opportunity,2 and school choice advances both of those core values. But challenges to school choice programs too seldom recourse to...

Racial Academic Gap Threatens to Defeat Gains on 50th Anniversary of Brown...

PR Newswire;  May 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......gap persists. Today, the Alliance for School Choice -- in conjunction with representatives...Educational Options) and D.C. Parents for School Choice -- announced the formation of its new...Reform Foundation), the Alliance for School Choice and Advocates for School ...

Blacks increasingly support school choice, poll says Parents want...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ......struggle with whether Milwaukee's expanded school choice program is constitutionally valid...institution, included questions about school choice in its annual nationwide survey on...issues. Among blacks ages 25 to 36, school choice was favored by 86.5% of respondents...

The economics of school choice By not challenging inaccurate perceptions...

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ......increasing alarm among the advocates of school choice: While polls show increasing majorities...and other nonwhite parents -- favor school choice, little progress is being made legislatively...for school vouchers last year, many school choice supporters cautiously predicted ...

School choice: panacea or Pandora's box?

Phi Delta Kappan;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......drawing hypotheses from the theory of school choice and of gathering data to test those...conclusions, read on. Taken at face value, school choice is a pretty simple idea. Take the control...two of the most persuasive backers of school choice. The market will respond to individual...

The fatal flaw in school choice

The Boston Globe;  March 9, 1993 ;     680 words ...`Choice" is good in general, yet "school choice" gets mixed reviews. The problem...next week or soon after -- is not that school choice is bad, in all ways at all times, but...the focus in the Senate has been on school choice from the very night the bill passed...

The surprising consensus on school choice.

Public Interest;  June 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ...THERE has been a flurry of activity in school choice research in the last few years. As...understanding of the likely effects of school choice. I say relatively because all research...draw conclusions. But the research on school choice includes several random-assignment...

SCHOOL CHOICE:FRANK RIGGS

Congressional Testimony;  September 30, 1997 ;     700+ words ......HONORABLE FRANK RIGGS (R-CA) HEARING ON SCHOOL CHOICE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOUTH...this year on the important issue of school choice. Today, we are pleased to have a reputable...witnesses, well versed on the issue of school choice. Dr. Paul Peterson is one of the most...

Institute for Justice: Understanding Locke vs. Davey and School Choice

U.S. Newswire;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......predicting the possible "death knell" for school choice as a result of last week's U.S. Supreme...case and not broadly applicable to school choice or other programs. The Washington...nation's leading legal advocate for school choice. "This decision should be a blip on...

Do you approve of mandatory statewide school choice?

The Boston Globe;  April 9, 1993 ;     635 words ......made some pretty firm decisions about school choice. Those who don't like it believe it...amount of state funding. Supporters of school choice feel competition will force weaker...this build cooperation? I fear that school choice is another avenue to the breakdown...

Is school choice a wise choice?(Commentary)

The Washington Times;  June 21, 1997 ;     610 words ......urging President Clinton to embrace school choice to boost student achievement. Is school choice a wise choice? Josette Shiner: President...inner-city schools throughout the country. School choice would provide all parents in America...

School choice cost pegged at $100m Critic ties figure to 2d year of plan

The Boston Globe;  April 9, 1993 ;     474 words ......Bulger's plan for immediate, statewide school choice could cost nearly $100 million annually...of the Senate's leading critics of school choice warned yesterday. The analysis was...of both parties as an authority on school choice finances, as legislative leaders emerged...

Forum on school choice centers on parental input, value to learning

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 5, 1999 ;     582 words ...Although proponents of Milwaukee's school choice program disagree on everything from...argued about the pros and cons of the school choice program, which allows low-income students...and others who vigorously support school choice, say the program is a blessing for...