Family Choice: The Next Step in the Quest for Equal Educational Opportunity?

Various policy issues surrounding educational voucher plans are explored: Who would provide schools under such plans? What rules would govern enrollment (including concerns about one-race schools)? What variety of schooling should be permitted and how would they be evaluated? Voucher plans are compared with other related educational reforms in particular, school finance reform.

Federal efforts to experiment with voucher plans are discussed in an Appendix.