A Study of School Vouchers

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ollars should be placed in the parents hands, and that there should be an increase in the number of charter schools. This evidence sides with the idea behind the use of school vouchers. The Party platform also mentions returning the power of educational choice to parents and local school districts, but also the idea of the inclusion of faith based organizations, and school prayer into schools, and the defense of home-based schooling, which tends to be done by religious families.
The mission of the Christian Coalition is to give Christians a voice in government. According to the Christian Coalition web page (2002), there are about 2 million people of faith that are a part of this political group. The goal of the Christian Coalition when it comes to education is to “return education to local and parental control” (Christian Coalition, 2002). Sounds familiar doesn’t it? The Christian Coalition also states that they want to “represent the pro-family point of view before local councils, and school boards (Christian Coalition, 2002).” The nuclear family has tended to be according to Spring (1997) a view from the right of the political spectrum. So I think that the statements listed above is an attempt to separate itself from groups that tend to be more left. As you will see when I get further into this paper, as we move left, school rights will focus more on the less privileged and minorities.
A report released on February 20, 2002 by the President of the Christian Coalition, Robera Combs, commends the Bush Administration for the arguments it made to the Supreme Court in support of school choice (Peterson, 2002). This support reflects the ties that the Republican platform has with the ideals of the Coalition. In quoting Combs, “It will be a great day in America when parents are given the freedom to use their own money to choose where to educate their children without having to bear the burden of paying what is in e...