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Forster, Greg – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2006
This study compares segregation levels in Milwaukee public schools and in private schools participating in the Milwaukee voucher program. Using a segregation index that measures the difference between the percent of students in a school who are white and the percentage of school-age children in the greater metro area who are white, it finds that…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Metropolitan Areas
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Viteritti, Joseph P. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2005
This paper traces the evolution of the choice idea over three generations, from a market model concerned with economic liberty, to a demand for social justice based on equality, to a political movement that translates the idea into policy. Focusing on the last generation, it explains why the market concept has lacked political appeal and how…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Charter Schools, School Choice, Political Issues