Should religious schools be an option? Should they receive public funding? Are they bad for community cohesion? What should we make of the charge that they indoctrinate? How should they be regulated? People disagree on the answers to these questions. Some maintain that religious schools should not be permitted. If parents want to raise their…

In California, a half century after the landmark "Serrano v. Priest" decision overturning the state's public school finance system because of the inequality between the state's school districts, a significant amount of wealth-based inequality in per-pupil expenditures continues to exist. One of the sources of this inequality is the…

This qualitative study was designed to gain insight on Jewish leaders' conceptualizations and access to IDEA funding for their parentally placed private school children when Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) is not at issue. Additionally, this study explored the various ways Jewish leaders aid and advocate for these students. The current…

The debate over school vouchers continues as more states offer government dollars to fund private schooling for students as a method of improving choice and quality in K-12 education. Previous research in the charter school sector has found that special education enrollment discrepancies between charters and traditional public schools is likely…

There can be a conflict between freedom of choice for parents and freedom of choice for children in that parents sometimes choose a school that will reinforce their own influence and help to bring up their children in a predetermined mould with the same ideological beliefs and personal values as themselves. (Author/IRT)

The propositions for tuition tax credits have changed since the fifties. The current bill (SB 528), the major issues, and their implications are reviewed. (MD)

Voucher plans vary mainly in the value assigned each voucher, whether schools are permitted to charge extra tuition, provisions for the educationally disadvantaged, and the degree to which participating schools are regulated. A crucial factor in any voucher plan is the freedom of choice parents have in selecting their children's educational…

The participants in these hearings that took place prior to the California Supreme Court issuing its decision in the Serrano vs Priest case discuss that case and also the use of education vouchers as one means of education finance reform. Legislators, education finance experts, and interested organizations and citizens express their views on…

This report contains information on the participation of nonpublic school students in Chapter 1 programs. Regulations for Chapter 1 services require that all students have equitable access to them. In some school districts the nonpublic school population is not served because officials or parents of these schools do not want to participate. Since…

Reviews 1972 State and Federal court cases concerning (1) equality of school finance, (2) State funds for nonpublic schools, (3) local financing of education, and (4) school bond elections. (JF)

The author sees a return to elitism in the educational policies of Britain's present Conservative Government. She analyzes two Parliamentary bills designed to reverse the 1976 comprehensive schools act and, in the name of parent choice, to establish new selective secondary school entry rules and to subsidize private education. (SJL)

Few concepts have ever raised simultaneously as many hopes and fears about the future of American education as has the idea of educational vouchers. Voucher proponents want to change the traditional system of using tax funds for financing public schools to an arrangement of providing tax vouchers to individual parents, who would purchase education…

Article traces the history of public schools and examines the reasons for growing interest in nonpublic schools. (Editor)

Explores several of the principal factors that will be involved in the Congressional consideration of the issue of Federal general aid during the 93rd Congress. (Author)

Examines the debate over privatizing public education through educational vouchers, summarizing practical issues raised when the ideals of choice and freedom are translated into real public policy. Addresses two important questions: "How much, and for whom?" and "Do markets produce quality?" Suggests that public educators must show that choice and…