Against Vouchers Research Paper

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THE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE OF THE 21ST CENTURY?
Education should exist to create opportunities that ensure all students - regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, or zip code- have equal access to education resources that includes academic and extracurricular programs, strong teaching, technology and instructional materials, and a safe school environment. The argument surrounding student success has been historically concentrated on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, which is an Act of Congress that is the flagship program for disadvantaged students. The NCLB focus shuts out any real discussion surrounding the economic inequalities that hold back millions of students across America. One of the predominantly discussed
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According to the Texas Center for Education Policy "By design most of the programs…are limited to low-income students" (5). But others throughout the country remain unrestricted such as programs within the state of Ohio. Vouchers are and were devised to create a more efficient educational system for the means of a disadvantaged and or disabled student, providing them with options to a better suited (financially provided) classroom environment. The discussion whether or not …show more content…
Seeing as public schools funding is based on student enrollment this proposition is not entirely an implausible notion. A failing school could lose education funds due to students no longer attending that area and eventually prompt the school to improve its facility indirectly affecting students who are currently enrolled. Recently two economists extensively researched whether the competition resulted in positive effects. "They discovered that while many studies did find that private school competition generated positive effects on traditional public schools, the actual size of the effect was quite modest" (Texas Center for Education policy 9). The study also proved the results were inconsistent and when effects arose they were minuscule. This only adding to the limited outcome produced by tax-payer private school voucher