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A 10 page research paper that investigates the politics of the school choice movement. The writer defines and summaries the twin components of this movement -- charter schools and voucher systems -- and then gives a summary of pertinent research into the efficacy of these systems, focusing heavily on a RAND report on this topic. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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situation has not improved. Statistics from 1991 show the US dead last among industrialized countries on student test scores pertaining to math and science (Kolstad, et al, 1996). As many
as 47% of the nations 17-year-olds have difficulty representing 9/100 as a percent and as many as 95% have been unable to calculate the cost per kilowatt for an electric
bill that charged $9.09 for 606 kilowatts of electricity (Kolstad, et al, 1996, p. 280). Despite the calls for increased spending on education, the problem does not appear to be
money. Only Switzerland spends more per pupil then the US (Kolstad, et al, 1996). During the last decade, the controversy surrounding the
problems with the US public school system has focused on the possibility of changing the very nature of public schooling by transitioning it from a system of quasi-public education
to quasi-private schools via such innovations as charter schools and voucher systems (Power and Cookson, 1999). The privatization of public schooling appears to be a topic whose time has
come. Presently there are roughly 40 educational management organizations (EMOs) traded on the New York Stock Exchange and there is a surge of corporate interest in deregulation, which has been
encouraged by the Supreme Courts decision on the "appropriateness of public funds" being allocated to private schools (Powers and Cookson, 1999). However, what has yet to be determined is
whether or not this move towards charter schools and vouchers systems will accomplish the educational goals that proponents claim it will accomplish. Extracting fact from hype and statistical findings from
the extraordinary claims of market theorists is not an easy task in this scenario; however, as Powers and Cookson (1999) point out, the politics of the school choice movement provides
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