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...Taubman Center for State and Local Government is hosting a conference, “What Next for School Vouchers?” The two-day symposium brings an impressive cadre of educational, legal, and public policy experts to assess the future of school choice reforms in the wake of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris—the June U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed the constitutionality of vouchers in Cleveland schools. The conference is helping to clarify the debate about school vouchers. But more importantly, it shows the vitality of the initiatives to improve education through vouchers and other choice-based...
This practice has come under fire recently, with a February Supreme Court case, Simmons-Harris vs. Zelman, regarding the constitutionality of a Cleveland school voucher program. The program gave 82 percent of its vouchers to students attending religious schools, Sonne said...