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...been a rough few weeks for supporters of school vouchers. First came the Election Day defeat of ballot initiatives in California and Michigan that would have created statewide programs that return tax dollars to parents who send their kids to private schools. These measures fell by a ratio of more than 2 to 1, despite multimillion-dollar campaigns by wealthy voucher proponents. Then last week, in a verdict with nationwide consequences, a federal appeals court ruled that the voucher program in Cleveland, Ohio, violates the constitutional separation of church and state...
...Voucher opponents, led by the teachers' unions, celebrated. "This is a great early Christmas present for America's public schools," said Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. But the unusual pro-voucher coalition of inner-city parents, Catholic clerics and deep-pocketed entrepreneurs vows to fight on. And the Cleveland case, which is likely to go before the U.S. Supreme Court, has the potential to determine whether and how any statewide voucher program can include parochial schools...
...anti-voucher movement may also be helped by the current generation of parents, most of whom went to public schools back when there was still a great deal of faith in the system. Voucher advocates should take heart, however: Children of the 1990s, who have seen both the failings and strengths of modern-day public education first hand, may be more amenable to voucher programs by the time they are parents...
...American Federation of Teachers Voucher Resource Page "The must visit site for informed decision makers...
...Heritage Foundation's School Choice info. Page Links to policy papers on school choice, voucher and charter programs from...