Chapter three: The Impact of Current School Voucher Programs
Currently, there are very few voucher programs in effect in America. One reason is because opponents of voucher programs are very powerful and have been effective in preventing them. The few voucher programs that are operational spend, on average, $6,300 per pupil much less than the public school’s per pupil spending of $13,000–$14,000.
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Chapter 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmzhkfpWrv0
Chapter 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_1ySizVR2c
Chapter 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dq9MCYwOSQ
Additional resources:
Watch “The Politics of Institutional Reform,” with Terry Moe on PolicyEd. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/policy-stories/politics-institutional-reform/video.
Watch “Teachers Unions vs. Students,” with Terry Moe on PragerU. Available here: https://www.prageru.com/video/teachers-unions-vs-students.
Read “Vouchers Help African American Students Go to College,” by Paul Peterson via Education Next. Available here: https://www.educationnext.org/vouchers-help-african-american-students-go-to-college/.
Watch “Flexibility for Accountability: Why Charter Schools Succeed,” on PolicyEd. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/intellections/flexibility-accountability-why-charter-schools-succeed/video.
Read “Are Voucher Schools Unaccountable?” by Michael Petrilli via Education Next. Available here: https://www.educationnext.org/voucher-schools-unaccountable.
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