Vouchers? A bad idea and here is several reasons why.

05-19-2011

Blog by Dr. Ed Fuller/A "Fuller" Look at Education Issues

This post reviews a short paper by Dr. John Merrifield and Joseph Blast as well as research on vouchers in peer-reviewed journal articles and books. The paper by Merrifield and Blast has not been peer-reviewed or published in any manner other than a policy brief. I’ve only had 5 hours to work on this brief (thanks to Rep. Miller who did not even have the guts to bring a bill to a committee, but is taking the easy way out and amending to another bill) and will be adding citations and other information throughout the day. For those of you who don’t have the time to read the entire post, here is a summary of the points, most of which are detailed in the post and ALL of which are supported by evidence or research: (more...)

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