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...prevent government from promoting religion. Prohibiting aid to religious schools forces parents to pay once for the public school that does not reflect their values and once for a school that does. But last term Rehnquist correctly held that parents should be able to choose between using a voucher at a religious and at a secular school. This decision does more in a practical way for religious freedom than the court has ever done before...
...some of the other Democratic candidates have been. He had to hastily revise his health-care plan because it wasn't as detailed as Kerry's regarding cost-containment measures. His knowledge about many issues, even domestic ones, is sketchy at best. He once told me that the school-voucher movement was Southern, white and conservative, even though it is predominantly Northern, urban and African American. He isn't above political opportunism of the basest sort - he has changed his position on free trade to suit Iowa's protectionist labor skates, and a cynic might argue that his position...
...date of travel. That means if you have no idea when you'll be able to take that aborted Miami trip but need to fly to San Francisco in May, you can switch the ticket to that itinerary. If the fare is lower, most airlines will give you a voucher for the difference...
...agenda of reform moves to local school districts, it has become clear that the debate there is far from polarized. Vouchers and school choice do not cut along clean party lines. Nor can we blame white suburbanites for stymieing voucher programs in order to maintain demographic hegemony of their schools. By contrast, today’s alliances are nuanced and dynamic: black leaders, for example, increasingly see vouchers as a means of integration and opportunity, displacing a longstanding fear of socioeconomic segregation. The current confusion about the effects of school choice still preclude mass political support for any one form...
...accept responsibility for their schools, but they still need mediators to work out the implications of specific educational reforms. The PEPG conference implicitly acknowledges this need. As Shattuck Professor of Government Paul E. Peterson said, “The Supreme Court decision on Cleveland’s school voucher program has left many questions unanswered. This conference will do its best to supply answers to at least some of them.” The panelists promise evenhanded discussion—ushered in by a debate between a defender of school vouchers, Clint Bolick, who is vice president of the Institute...