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School Choice and the Future of American Democracy

reviewed by Aaron Cooley - February 19, 2007

Title: School Choice and the Future of American Democracy
Author(s): Scott Franklin Abernathy
Publisher: University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor
ISBN: 0472069012 , Pages: 168, Year: 2005
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We are reminded by every election cycle that some policy issues never remain dormant for too long. School choice is one such issue. Take the following scenario for example. A candidate for State Superintendent of Schools in South Carolina had a rather ambitious school choice voucher plan as a part of her platform. In crude and passé terminology, vouchers should have played well in a “red state.” However, her opponent went on the offensive by calling the plan a $500,000,000 “voucher tax,” and, of course, a tax plays even worse in a “red state.” So, it is no surprise that the school choice candidate was defeated in the election. This anecdote relays that the politics of school choice are still quite contentious and, further, that the debates around school choice’s possible benefits and drawbacks are far from settled. Scott Abernathy’s School Choice and the Future of American Democracy elevates the dialogue... (preview truncated at 150 words.)

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Aaron Cooley The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill E-mail Author AARON COOLEY holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has mentored, tutored, and taught students in a range of diverse educational settings. Previously, he worked at the North Carolina General Assembly. Aaron is dedicated to improving the educational and economic opportunities of all Americans through innovative ideas in public policy. His writing has appeared in Educational Studies, Educational Theory, International Journal of Philosophical Studies and Political Studies Review.

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