The Future Of Vouchers: Lessons from the Adoption, Design, and Court Challenges of Florida's Three Voucher Programs

Autor/inn/en	Harris, Douglas N.; Herrington, Carolyn D.; Albee, Amy
Titel	The Future Of Vouchers: Lessons from the Adoption, Design, and Court Challenges of Florida's Three Voucher Programs
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 21 (2007) 1, S.215-244 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904806297209
Schlagwörter	Privatization; Educational Vouchers; Accountability; State Legislation; Educational Policy; School Choice; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Privatisation; Privatisierung; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Verantwortung; Landesrecht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Choice of school; Schulwahl
Abstract	This study considers why Florida has been the most aggressive state in adopting school vouchers. Vouchers are consistent with Florida's tradition of aggressive educational accountability policies, arising from the state's moderate social conservatism, openness to privatization, and state demographic characteristics. Even with this fertile political soil, vouchers probably would not have been adopted without the efforts of Governor Jeb Bush. The programs also rest on a shaky legal foundation because of the state's Blaine Amendment and constitutional provisions for "public" and "uniform" schools. The authors conclude that state-level voucher programs in Florida and other states are on uncertain political and legal ground. (Contains 2 tables and 19 endnotes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10