Stuart Butler is the Washington Times today talking about successes in implementing school vouchers for foster care children, who would benefit from continuity in their school life (and social networks at school) during times when they struggle with changes in their lives at home. It certainly seems like common sense to allow them opportunities to stay at schools they like, and its great that school choice experiments are taking place toward these ends.
Granted, education vouchers have been highly controversial when proposed as a general remedy for under performing schools. But the political polarization frequently triggered by these broad proposals has been muted considerably when this far narrower application of vouchers has been suggested.
Butler’s piece cites my brother Dan Lips’ work at Heritage on these topics, which was first published in 2005 by the Maryland Public Policy Institute. Later the Goldwater Institute pushed the topic until it became law in Arizona. It’s a good example of ideas moving from the think tank community into legislation to effect the lives of vulnerable populations.
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