The Social Consequences of Choice: Why It Matters Where Poor Children Go to School


 

Publication Date: September 2002

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Denis Philip Doyle

Research Area: Education

Keywords: Schools

Type: Report

Abstract:

Congress soon will be considering major legislation that would enable poor children to attend the schools of their choice. Representatives J. C. Watts (R-OK) and James Talent (R-MO) have introduced a comprehensive legislative initiative, Saving Our Children: The American Community Renewal Act of 1996 (H.R. 3467).