Vouchers, private schooling, and standards. (News for Educational Workers).The constitutionality of a school voucher A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a certificate by which parents are given the ability to pay for the education of their children at a school of their choice, rather than the public school (UK state school) to which they were assigned. program is being challenged in Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. , where "tax dollars pay for tuition at private schools. Roughly 4,300 Cleveland students currently receive vouchers, and 99.4 percent of them attend religious schools" (The Nation, March 18, 2002). For a description of the voucher system and the effects it has on one Catholic school, see The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, February 10, 2002. Philadelphia's School Reform Commission voted 3 to 2 in late April, 2002, to hand over control of 42 troubled public schools to private firms, with Edison, the for-profit educational company, receiving 20 of those schools and the remainder being managed by other for-profit companies. Community groups staged vigorous protest, knowing that a similar experiment to turn over 32 schools in Hartford, Connecticut “Hartford” redirects here. For other uses, see Hartford (disambiguation). Hartford is the capital of the State of Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state. , in the mid 90s failed within two years (In These Times, February 18 and May 27, 2002). A Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. committee is working to restore the honor of the B plus. Since half the grades given to Harvard students are A or A minus, the committee feels a need for the tightening of standards, yes, even at Harvard (The New York Times, April 21, 2002). "Test Unrest" (In These Times, March 4, 2002) is resulting in California teachers leading a backlash against high-stakes exams. Teachers are sabotaging the cash awards won for higher test scores by giving some of their "winnings" to advocacy groups organizing parents and faculty against high-stakes testing A high-stakes test is an assessment which has important consequences for the test taker. If the examinee passes the test, then the examinee may receive significant benefits, such as a high school diploma or a license to practice law. . |
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