Chapter one: The History of Vouchers and School Reform
Hoover senior fellow Terry Moe explores the issues surrounding school choice and vouchers. For example, how can a voucher system without government regulation ensure that students are actually learning something? The simple answer is that it can’t. The government has to be involved in school choice in some form to ensure learning.
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Click below to watch the other videos in this series.
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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