In 2002 the Supreme Court decided that tuition vouchers for private and religious schools do not violate the First Amendment's establishment clause. With "Zelman v. Simmons-Harris," the case in question, the Court put the school-choice debate back in the political arena, where it belongs, according to this position paper/policy brief.…

Although explicit public-private partnerships are rare in education, there is a close connection between the public and private goals of education. Education inherently serves both public and private interests. Unfortunately, educational policy may find itself in conflict while simultaneously serving both public and private mandates. This article…

This paper details the responses of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) to the Joint Committee's California Master Plan for Education--Kindergarten through University. The paper registers responses to aspects of the Plan with which they strongly disagree or which they strongly support. The ASCCC finds that the Plan's most…