Discusses the promise and limitations of voucher concept use in public schools. (JF)

Jerry Paquette, in his article "Public Funding for "Private" Education: The Equity Challenge of Enhanced Choice" (in this issue, 568), properly urges everyone to ponder, then to reject, various hypothetical schemes for school choice whose design might worsen the plight of the poor. Among these devices, his chief bugbear is a largely unregulated…

Arguments for an education voucher proposal are presented with particular application to California, which is experiencing a rapid shift from public to private schools. (JMF)

The author discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Barbara Lerner's "vouchers for literacy" plan presented in the same issue of "Kappan."

Describes and argues for the California Initiative for Family Choice, a voucher plan proposed for the state of California. (IRT)

This book examines the philosophical issues, possible variations, and implementation of voucher plans of educational choice. The voucher system proposed here (the Quality Choice Model) is based on the assumption that a voucher system can ensure the equal provision of educational resources to children regardless of residential mobility or ability…

Suggests that freedom for parents to choose their children's education (a kind of educational voucher system) would improve the quality of education in states where equality of per-pupil expenditures has been mandated. (PKP)

A state-subsidized system allowing low-income families to choose private schooling could fulfill the nation's democratic aspirations. All parents would be empowered to make the kinds of choices enjoyed by wealthier families. The quality and efficiency of education could then approach the levels achieved by other nations. Includes four references.…

A specific legal model that would provide educational choice, called the "Scholarship Initiative," is cast in the form of a state constitutional amendment. The Scholarship Initiative provides a basic framework and point of reference for a legislative debate. Existing public and private schools could be converted into "public…