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Please. . . Do NOT Eat Your Cookie Yet!

Explore the concept of school vouchers, different types of voucher systems, and their impact on school choice and student outcomes. Evaluate the positive and negative consequences of voucher programs.

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Please. . . Do NOT Eat Your Cookie Yet!

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  1. Please. . .Do NOT Eat Your Cookie Yet! You can keep your oatmeal cookie - or - You can exchange your oatmeal cookie for half of an organic chocolate cookie outside of the room - or - You can walk up to the third floor and exchange your oatmeal cookie for a whole organic chocolate chip cookie

  2. March 28, 2006 Vouchers:an issue of school choice Jennifer Brown, Michael DePauw, Cassie Fredendall,Paeter Wait

  3. Objectives At the end of this seminar, you will . . . • Present an argument to support or reject the concept of vouchers. • Be exposed to several types of voucher systems in place and the differences among them. • Evaluate voucher systems by looking at positive and negative consequences and variables related to school choice. Image from http://www.uni-passau.de

  4. School choice is in high demand and growing. . . More than 1 million families home school. Families of over 624,000 students use vouchers, tax credits, or tax deductions to attend a school of choice. There is a growing recognition among parents that no one school, even a great school, can serve all students equally well. from Backgrounder (No. 1848 April 25, 2005)

  5. New Taxes Private Donors Existing Public Schools Money for Vouchers Private Schools Other Public Schools Religious Schools Voucher:a publicly funded scholarship; a certificate with a designated dollar value that may be applied toward tuition or fees at a public or private educational institution of choice

  6. existing voucher systems. . .

  7. Universal School Voucher Programs Allowing all parents,regardless of their income, where they live or any other criteria,to direct all or part of the funds set aside for education by the government tosend their children to a school of choice, whether that school is public, private or religious. In effect, separating the government financing of education from the government operation of schools. Examples: Sweden, Belgium from http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org

  8. Means-Tested School Voucher Programs Enablingpoor families who meet specific income criteria,typically around 185% of the federal poverty limit, todirect funds set aside for educationby the government to payfor all or part of tuitionat the public, private or religious school of their choice. Examples: Milwaukee, Cleveland from http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org

  9. Failing Schools, Failing Students Voucher Programs Allowing parents whosechildren are doing poorly in school or whose children attend failing public schoolsto direct the fundsset aside for education by the government to send their child to abetter performing public, private or religious school. Examples:Florida’s A+ Program, Colorado from http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org

  10. Schedule • PBS Video on Vouchers 5 min. • Small Group Discussion: Why/Why Not 10 min. • Large Group Discussion

  11. Improve academic achievement Increase financial efficiency Promote accountability among teachers Increase opportunity Promote higher standards Violate separation of church and state Take funds away from public schools Encourage economic, racial, ethnic, and religious stratification What about the children left behind in failing public schools? V O U C H E R S Support Refute Through competition, vouchers. . . Vouchers. . . Text from www.schoolchoices.org, http://www.nea.org/vouchers/index.html Image from www.tor-bay-harbour.co.uk/vi/index/learning.htm

  12. Image from http://www.kent.edu

  13. Pre-Assessment Results D o y o u s u p p o r t t h e c o n c e p t o f v o u c h e r s ? Image from http://www.equaleducation.org

  14. More Pre-Assessment Results Image from http://www.equaleducation.org

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