Lies and Distortions: The Campaign against School Vouchers.

Autor/inn/en	Fuller, Howard; Caire, Kaleem
Institution	Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI. Institute for the Transformation of Learning.
Titel	Lies and Distortions: The Campaign against School Vouchers.
Quelle	(2001), (46 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Educational Vouchers; Elementary Secondary Education; Mass Media Effects; Parent Participation; Private Schools; Public Opinion; School Choice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Elternmitwirkung; Private school; Privatschule; Öffentliche Meinung; Choice of school; Schulwahl
Abstract	This report suggests that organized opponents of tax-supported school vouchers purposely issue inaccurate statements about parental school choice, suggesting that their widespread efforts seriously contaminate discussion of this policy issue. Section one suggests that a "big lie" strategy is being used by organized school voucher opponents, defining it as the intentional, repetitive issuance of inaccurate claims long after evidence shows them to be untruths, partial truths, and distortions. Section two describes uncritical media reporting of hyperbolic claims that expanding parent options through more school choice poses a threat to basic American institutions. Section three presents a case study of how poor reporting and editorial decisions by the New York Times have misled the general public about school choice research. The paper concludes by looking at the consequences of deception. (SM)
Anmerkungen	Marquette University, Institute for the Transformation of Learning, Office of Research, 2025 North Summit Avenue, Suite 101, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Tel: 414-765-0691; Fax: 414-765-1271; Web site: http://www.schoolchoiceinfo.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC