RAND Research Brief: What Do We Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools?

Abstract

Two prominent reforms proposed to improve education are the use of "vouchers" publicly funded scholarships that students may use for private-school tuition- and the creation of "charter schools"-schools of choice that are funded by public money but operate autonomously, outside the traditional system of public-school governance. Vouchers and charter schools both represent the leading edge of the movement to promote parental choice in education, and they present similar challenges for the traditional system of government-operated schools. Supporters of these proposals have great hopes that the proposals will provide significant benefits for the education of the nation's children, and opponents have large fears about what the proposals will do.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA399553

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  • RAND Corporation

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  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • California
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Leading Edges
  • Minority Groups
  • New York
  • Political Science
  • Public Policy
  • Scholarships
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transient Response Analysis

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