But even as vouchers rise to the forefront of the debate on education, a big question remains: Can they give kids, especially those who live in high-poverty areas, a shot at a better education?

Under Texas's school voucher plan, Texas families will receive $10,000 to cover private school tuition, but many San Antonio ...

"The pattern that usually happens," Finch says, "is a family hears that there's a special school for Johnny… so they end up ...

Money is winning the day — but what about kids? They might not fare well, if research is any guide. In The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers ...

It's just the Wild West." DeVlieger said the schools are "promising all these great things and saying they cost the same as a voucher. And then kids end up in a lurch because in the middle of the ...

“School choice” is a term used by voucher proponents who believe parents should have more options for where to send their kids beyond their local public school. But both proposals’ broad ...

Cowen has been evaluating school vouchers since the 1990s, when the first pilot program in Milwaukee had a measurable, positive impact on the 400 low-income kids who used vouchers to attend ...

Are vouchers really a chance for kids from low- and middle-income families to finally get a seat in the absolute best schools? Or, are they just, as Rep Diego Bernal (D-San Antonio) on the Texas ...