Public School Choice VS. Private School Vouchers Book

	Foreword
1	Introduction: The Three Liberal Responses to Private School Vouchers	1
Pt. I	The False Promise of School Vouchers	9
2	Overview
	Overblown Claims and Nagging Questions	11
	The Problem with Private School Tax Exemptions	31
3	Myth #1: Vouchers Raise Student Achievement	33
	The Early Research on School Vouchers	33
	Recent Evidence on the Effectiveness of School Voucher Programs	41
	The Problem of Taking Private School Voucher Programs to Scale	51
4	Myth #2: Vouchers Are Part of the New Civil Rights Movement	61
	Vouchers and Brown v. Board of Education	61
	Vouchers and Segregation	63
	Choice and Segregation in New Zealand	65
	Private Schools and Segregation	71
	Charter Schools and Racial and Social Class Segregation	81
	Choosing Segregation	89
5	Myth #3: Vouchers Promote Democracy	93
	Vouchers and Citizenship	93
	Why School Choice Could Demolish National Unity	97
	Religious Schooling with Public Dollars	101
6	Myth #4: American Public Is Clamoring for Vouchers	105
	Vouchers and Public Opinion	105
	Congress and School Vouchers	115
Pt. II	The Public School Choice Alternative	123
7	Overview	125
	Progressive Alternatives to School Vouchers	125
	The People's Choice for Schools	133
8	Public School Choice: Student Achievement, Integration, Democracy, and Public Support	137
	Equitable Public School Choice	137
	Eliminating Poverty Concentrations through Public School Choice	153
	Public Support for Public School Choice	171
	Notes	177