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Academic Alternatives​

Summary:

The article “Academic Alternatives” by Doug Campbell is about school choice and how money can affect your school choice. It talks about a program which includes vouchers for the parents with not a lot of money. These vouchers cover the full cost of tuition, and the money used to pay for them follows students to their schools. Most of these programs in the United States are small; many are just getting started.

Why is it worthwhile?

I chose this article because it not only talks about the how money affects your school choice but it also talks about one possible solution which would help parents to pay less for tuition and the money used to pay for them follows students to their schools.

Direct evidence:

“Vouchers and charters, magnet schools, and even publicly financed home schooling--almost every state, major school district, and large city has some sort of school-choice program or is considering one.

“The theory of school choice, as popularized by economist Milton Friedman, looks like a clean solution to the problem of poor-performing schools and the underachieving students who attend them.”

“The problem is that, even with the increasing number of school-choice programs nationwide, Friedman's notion remains mostly theoretical.”

Citation (MLA):

Campbell, Doug. "Academic Alternatives." Region Focus Vol. 11, No. 2. Spring 2007: 12-19. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 01 May 2012.