Irreconcilable Differences? Education Vouchers and the Suburban Response

Autor/inn/en	d'Entremont, Chad; Huerta, Luis A.
Titel	Irreconcilable Differences? Education Vouchers and the Suburban Response
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 21 (2007) 1, S.40-72 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904806297950
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; Educational Vouchers; Disadvantaged; School Choice; Public Schools; Educational Resources; Educational Policy; Resistance to Change; Elementary Secondary Education; Politics of Education; Suburban Schools; Middle Class; Privatization; State Church Separation; Public Support + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Bildungsmittel; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational policy; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; School; Schools; Vorort; Vorstadt; Schule; Mittelschicht; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Kirche-Staat-Beziehung; Öffentliche Förderung; Öffentliche Trägerschaft
Abstract	This article discusses the limited use of education vouchers in an era of unprecedented growth in school choice. It is divided into two parts: first, a description of the policy, political, and legal barriers that may limit the expansion of large-scale voucher programs is presented. Discussion then shifts to the efforts of voucher advocates to build support among historically marginalized populations frustrated with the performance of public schools and open to limited forms of private school choice. The authors consider the consequences of these strategies and suggest that the very voucher programs that appeal to disadvantaged families may prove most offensive to middleclass and suburban voters who vigorously object to policies that undermine local authority and redistribute local resources. Specifically, vouchers have the potential to erase municipal boundaries, dissolve neighborhood ties, lower housing prices, and upset student enrollments. (Contains 1 table and 11 endnotes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10