School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education
Anti-Defamation League says vouchers pose a threat to their values. These programs subvert the constitutional principle of separation of church and state and threaten to undermine the current system of public education.
Moral and Normative Aspects of School Choice
Resource page containing abstracts from a conference held at Boston College in Spring 2001 plus other links.
Electronic Policy Network - School Vouchers
Analyses, from several sources, of the U.S. debate over school vouchers (scroll down to the vouchers section of the page).
Voucher Veneer: The Deeper Agenda to Privatize Public Education
People For the American Way report concludes that a network of religious right groups, free-market economists, and others are using vouchers as a vehicle to achieve their ultimate goal of privatizing education.
'Choice' Comes With a Blindfold in Florida
People for the American Way critique of the state's voucher and tuition tax credit programs.
People For the American Way: Private School Vouchers
Articles and essays arguing that vouchers and tuition tax credits divert resources and money from public schools, disproportionately benefit wealthier households, and have not been demonstrated to improve students' performance.
Choice Options: School Choice, Yes -- But What Kind?
Essay on the debate over "school choice" and the history and future of public education in America.
Rethinking Schools -- Special Section on Vouchers
Large collection of articles and opinion pieces expressing or supporting the view that voucher programs are an assault on public education, are less effective than claimed, and will undermine the separation of church and state.
Wisconsin Education Association Resources on Vouchers
Particular focus on opposition to Milwaukee's program
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