“School Vouchers: Friend or Foe?”

Authors

Cynthia G. Brown, Center for American Progress
Howard Fuller, Marquette University
Helen F. Ladd, Duke University
Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas, FayettevileFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

5-1-2017

Abstract

While publicly supported private school choice has powerful new supporters in the White House in Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos, it is not a new idea. Since gaining prominence through the support of economist Milton Friedman decades ago, school vouchers, which subsidize student tuition at private and parochial schools with public dollars, are one of the most controversial ideas in education policy.

Citation

Brown, C. G., Fuller, H., Ladd, H. F., & Wolf, P. J. (2017). “School Vouchers: Friend or Foe?”. School Choice Demonstration Project. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/scdp/40