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Kisida, Brian; Wolf, Patrick J. – Education Working Paper Archive, 2007
Political theorists have long argued that the average citizen's lack of information and lack of clear policy preferences provide the rationale for public policy to be guided by experts and elites. Others counter that it is precisely the practice of deference to elites that perpetuates and even exacerbates the problem of apathetic and uninformed…
Descriptors: Class Size, Democracy, School Choice, School Size
Stewart, Thomas; Wolf, Patrick J.; Cornman, Stephen Q.; McKenzie-Thompson, Kenann – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2007
On January 23, 2004, President Bush signed the DC School Choice Incentive Act into law. This landmark piece of legislation included $14 million in funding for what would come to be called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The OSP is the first federally funded K-12 scholarship program in the country and is designed to provide…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects, School Choice, Focus Groups
Cornman, Stephen Q.; Stewart, Thomas; Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2007
On January 23, 2004, President Bush signed the DC School Choice Incentive Act into law. This landmark piece of legislation included $14 million in funding for what would come to be called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The OSP is the first federally funded K-12 scholarship program in the country and is designed to provide…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects, School Choice, Focus Groups
Stewart, Thomas; Wolf, Patrick J.; Cornman, Stephen Q. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2005
On January 23, 2004, President Bush signed the DC School Choice Incentive Act into law. This landmark piece of legislation included $14 million in funding for what would come to be called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The OSP is the first federally funded K-12 scholarship program in the country and is designed to provide…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects, School Choice