Examines the roots of the school choice controversy by contrasting two models of public interest theory. The laissez-faire model focuses on the U.S. tradition of individualism, cultural pluralism, and free-enterprise. The republican model of universal education assumes that a nation is only as good, moral, or responsible as the citizens who…

Introduces article by Kemerer that takes issue with the conclusions reached by Elizabeth and Andrew Lugg in their article entitled "Vouchers as School Choice: An Analysis of 'Jackson v. Benson': The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program" in the April 2000 issue of "The Journal of Law and Education." (PKP)

Argues that Elizabeth and Andrew Lugg were wrong in criticizing the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision in "Jackson v. Benson" that the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program does not violated the Establishment Clause. Asserts that in the near future the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to find the use of publicly funded vouchers does not violate…

Examines two educational voucher plans: the California Initiative for Family Choice in Education and a proposal to extend federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grants to students in private schools. Contends that the plans will exacerbate educational inequality because of poor people's unequal access to and understanding of the necessary…

Explores the legal implications of a voucher program for private school autonomy and then describes how autonomy and accountability issues surfaced in litigation involving the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, program. An appendix details the Notice of School's Intent to Participate requirements of the relevant Wisconsin statute. (88 footnotes) (MLF)

Describes and analyzes December 2000 Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals holding that Cleveland school voucher program violated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (PKP)

Discusses recent United States Supreme Court rulings on aid to parochial schools and suggests how these rulings might affect education voucher plans that include parochial schools. (JF)

Among types of school choice plans, most important distinction is between plans within preexisting public schools and plans that provide opportunities for students to move, at government expense, into otherwise private schools. Discusses five developments that have moved different but overlapping constituencies behind school choice. Discusses role…

Examines legal, economic, and social effects of programs designed to provide public funds for education. (Author)

In 1998, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court reversed the decision of the appellate court and ruled that the amended Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) did not violate the Establishment Clause or the Wisconsin Constitution. Examines the constitutionality of vouchers for both secular and sectarian private schools, as well as the policy…

Describes different forms of school choice plans and the arguments in favor of and against such plans. Proposes a federal tax credit for the transportation costs for parents who enroll their children in schools of choice. Offers evidence that other federal tax credits have influenced the behavior they were designed to influence. (58 footnotes)…

Addresses the constitutionality of tuition-voucher programs that provide access to private, parochial schools. Surveys Establishment Clause jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court. Examines the Cleveland, Ohio, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tuition-voucher programs, currently being litigated in the respective state courts, in an attempt to…

Reviews recent changes to selected state collective-bargaining laws. Discusses current implications of trends in school-based management, vouchers, charter schools, and interest-based bargaining on K-12 employment relations and predicts the impact of these trends on employment relations for the next 10 years. (PKP)

Examines six state and federal legislative developments and related court cases that have shaped employment relations in public schools in the 1990s: state takeovers and reconstitutions, vouchers and tuition tax credits, charter schools, legislative efforts to restrict the scope of bargaining, elimination of tenure, and restrictions on the…