Forging Consensus

Can the School Choice Community Come Together on an Explicit Goal and a Plan for Achieving It?

Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• The Goal: What Are We Trying to Achieve?
  • What Parents Want
• The Strategy: Smorgasbord or Model System?
• The Search: Looking for a Better System of Education
• The System: Market Education
  • Parental Choice
  • Direct Financial Responsibility for Parents
  • Freedom for Educators
  • Vigorous Competition Among Schools
  • The Profit Motive for Schools
  • Where Markets Have Fallen Short
• The Policies: Which Way to the Market?
  • Vouchers in Theory and Practice
  • Tax-Credits in Theory and Practice
  • Common Design Considerations
  • Outline of an Optimal Voucher Program
  • Outline of an Optimal UETC Tax Credit Program
  • Vouchers vs. Tax-Credits: Legal and Political Comparison of Optimal Programs
  • Vouchers vs. Tax-Credits: Functional Comparison of Optimal Programs
• Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Recommendations
• Endnotes
• About the Author

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