The Choice Channel

“Finally, the nation has a universal voucher plan that will answer all the difficult questions about school choice–or will it? With the passage of the first such voucher plan in Utah, school choice advocates have been quick to praise it, and researchers are waiting with bated breath to calculate its effects. However, it’s important to determine exactly what this program can tell us–and more importantly, what it won’t tell us. The ideological debate has largely been settled, yet several research questions remain in terms of vouchers’ effects on public schools, racial and class segregation, and whether a universal voucher system such as Utah’s will transform K-12 education.” (for publication 09/01/07)