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Record Nr.

UNINA9911004892303321

Autore

Bolick Clint

Titolo

Voucher wars : waging the legal battle over school choice / / Clint Bolick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Cato Institute, c2003

ISBN

9786611905682

9781281905680

1281905682

9781933995472

1933995475

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

344.73/076

344.73076

Soggetti

Educational vouchers - Law and legislation - United States

School choice - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Laying the Groundwork; 2. Polly; 3. False Starts; 4. And Then There Were Five; 5. Valley Forge; 6. One in the Bank; 7. A Blizzard of Decisions; 8. Battles Within and Without; 9. The Road to the Supremes; 10. D-Day; 11. Road Ahead; 12. Lessons; Appendix; Index; About the Author; Cato Institute

Sommario/riassunto

Set against the backdrop of a monopoly public school system that consigns millions of disadvantaged children to educational inequality, the recent Cleveland school vouchers case, appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, has brought this issue to national attention.