Religion & Law

On Private School Vouchers
Last year, in his State of the Union Address, President Bush called for the creation of an “Opportunity Scholarships Program” ? which was actually just a clever name for a proposal to drain much-needed money away from cash-strapped public schools and use it to fund private school vouchers...

State of the Union Watching: Vouchers and Faith-Based Funding
I have the sneaking suspicion that I'm the only one watching, but President Bush just called for yet another effort to implement federal school vouchers, despite the public's routine repudiation of vouchers in the ballot box...

Deception and the Florida Amendments
A Palm Beach Post editorial starts this way: In November, Floridians could vote on school vouchers without knowing that they're voting on school vouchers. To avoid that kind of deceptive ballot manipulation, the Leon County Circuit Court should rule favorably...

GOP Convention Watch: Vouchers and "Christian Heritage Week"
In his acceptance speech tonight, Senator John McCain argued for school vouchers: Equal access to public education has been gained, but what is the value of access to a failing school? We need to shake up failed school bureaucracies with...

Vouchers for Me, Not for Thee
There are so many reasons to oppose school vouchers - they drain the public school system, they offer barriers to oversight, and they don't seem to work, to name a few - public debate often misses the very compelling religious...

Vouchers
Given Ezra Klein's previous skepticism towards vouchers, it's nice to see that he's come around and has now written two posts supporting vouchers. UPDATE: Never mind, my mistake. He supports healthcare vouchers, which would be completely different from school vouchers, with no parallels or analogues at all.

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