A Study of School Vouchers

             Should parents be able to choose which school a student can attend? And if they are, should they be able to choose to go to a different public school? Should the public pay for students to attend private schools or public sponsored private schools called charter schools? Well many people have different opinions if they were asked this question; well it isn't surprising that many different political groups would also have different opinions. Well all of these questions surround a single issue, school vouchers. This paper is going to look at the post-1996 views of five political groups (Christian Coalition, The Heritage Foundation, The New Democrats, and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition), and how their views influence the school voucher issue, and the obstacles that may stand in the way of getting those views implemented. I will also look at the effect that their stance would have on schools, teachers, and students are affected. At the end of the paper, I will give my thoughts and opinions on the school voucher issue. I will try to go from right to left on the political spectrum.
             The Christian Coalition has for a long time been linked with the morality side of the Republican Party platform according to Spring (1997). When I look at the party platform of the Republican Party (2000), I see a couple of key points that are presented in the platform. One is to "assist states in closing the achievement gap and empower needy families to escape persistently failing schools by allowing federal dollars to follow their children to the school of their choice". Another is to "expand parental choice and encourage competition by providing parents with information on their child's school, increasing the number of charter schools, and expanding education savings accounts for use from kindergarten though college". The Republican Party Platform reflects the idea that school vouchers are good ideas because of two points...

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