Vouchers and Educational Freedom: A Debate. Policy Analysis No. 269.

Autor/inn/en	Bast, Joseph L.; und weitere
Institution	Cato Inst., Washington, DC.
Titel	Vouchers and Educational Freedom: A Debate. Policy Analysis No. 269.
Quelle	(1997), (49 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational Vouchers; Elementary Secondary Education; Financial Support; Government Role; Inner City; Private Schools; Public Schools; School Choice; School Restructuring; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Finanzielle Förderung; Private school; Privatschule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	Advocates of educational freedom disagree about whether school vouchers would liberate schools and families and lead to greater freedom of choice or trap private schools in a web of subsidy and regulation that would destroy their independence and quality. In this exchange of opinions, Joseph L. Bast and David Harmer argue that voucher plans would eventually lead to the complete separation of school and state, which would liberate education from bureaucrats and politicians. They argue that vouchers would not subject private schools to excessive regulation and that no greater reform is politically feasible. Finally, they charge, libertarian opponents of vouchers ignore the plight of children in inner-city schools. Douglas Dewy counters that vouchers would not substantially reduce the state's role in education. Indeed, vouchers would create a vast system of government contractors and parents with "school stamps," a massive lobby for ever-increasing subsidies. He warns that government money always come with strings attached. (Author)
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