Published Articles & Media
Some Regulations Deter Private Schools from Participating in Voucher Programs
Rules preventing participating schools from having specific admissions policies and requirements that schools take state standardized tests both reduce the likelihood that private schools say they will participate in voucher programs.
Private School Choice Helps Students Avoid Prison and Unplanned Pregnancies
New evidence from America’s longest-running voucher program
Do Voucher Regulations Reduce Anticipated Voucher Program Participation and School Quality?
Evidence from an experimental study
Voucher Regulation Reduces Quality of Private School Options
A new suggests that higher-quality private schools are less likely to participate in two of the most highly regulated voucher programs in the country, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the Ohio Educational Choice Scholarship Program.
Educational Freedom Isn’t a Threat to Democracy
We do not find any evidence that private school voucher students are either less or more likely to vote in presidential elections than students educated in public schools.
Vouchers Tend to Serve the Less Advantaged
At least 10 studies have examined the relative advantage of children that applied to a private-school-choice program relative to the population of eligible students in the same location.
Unintended Impacts of Regulations on the Quality of Schooling Options
The available evidence suggests that regulations did indeed deter higher-performing private schools from participating in a voucher program.
Squeezing the Public School Districts in Louisiana
Governor John Bel Edwards recently cut funding of the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP), claiming that it was necessary to save money.
