The Voucher Wars.(Schools, Vouchers, and the American Public by Terry M. Moe)(Review)

From: The Nation | Date: November 26, 2001| Author: KAHLENBERG, RICHARD D. | Copyright information

SCHOOLS, VOUCHERS, AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. By Terry M. Moe. Brookings Institution. 452 pp. $29.95.

Now that the Supreme Court has announced that it will decide the constitutionality of Cleveland's school voucher program, we may see an uptick in those annoyingly effective school voucher ads featuring a sympathetic African-American child, such as Ebony Johnson, who was stuck in a failing public school until a voucher program liberated her. The ads are like a continual rer...

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