“Evaluation of the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program: 1998-2002″ by the Indiana Center for Evaluation presents the accumulated findings of a four-year study of Cleveland’s voucher program.
As part of a recently passed spending bill, the U.S. Congress created a publicly funded voucher program for the District of Columbia. The bill provides $13 million to cover vouchers of up to $7,500 for at least 1,700 children once the program is phased in. Children in families whose household income does not exceed 185% of the federal poverty line will receive priority.
The Brookings Institution established the National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education to explore how CHOICE works and to examine how communities interested in the potential benefits of new school options. The commission’s report, entitled “School Choice: Doing It the Right Way Makes a Difference,” explores choice in terms of four key issues: benefits to children whose parents choose new schools; benefits to children whose families do not exercise choice; effects on the national commitment to equal opportunity and school desegregation; and advancement of social cohesion and common democratic values.
