Research findings show public schools benefit from private-school vouchers. Competition is good for learning. When public schools are faced with the possibility of large student transfers and a corresponding loss of funding, the schools make improvements both in how and what they teach. (MMU)

Reviews the Supreme Court's decisions regarding aid to students in religious schools. Reveals two distinct constitutionality theories as basis for the decisions. Regarding the constitutionality of voucher programs, the decisive issue is "how," not "what," public aid is directed to religious institutions. (MMU)

Arguments for school vouchers are beginning to have a cumulative effect with gains in a number of states. The political power that holds Washington to the public school orthodoxy is weakening before state movements toward public school choice and charter schools. (SLD)

Describes a recent movement among business leaders and others to start privately funded voucher programs that enable low-income parents to send their children to religious and other private schools. Covers programs in Indianapolis (Indiana), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), San Antonio (Texas), and Atlanta (Georgia); and notes minority families'…