... to establish a voucher plan in Washington, D.C. This plan allows children to attend any school in the Greater Washington, D.C. area and also provides them with a $300 transportation voucher. Many economists, including Milton Friedman and Clune, Coons, and Sugarman, have argued for school vouchers and proposed various systems. Christopher Jencks, a leading sociologist, is also a strong proponent of vouchers. The State of Vermont has used ... ...

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... it possible for families in poor neighborhoods with bad schools to send their children to better, safer schools. The idea of school vouchers originated in the mid-1950's by economist Milton Friedman, who thought that these vouchers would improve educational efficiency by placing schools in a competitive, free-market position (Hadderman 1). For years, many have complained about the problems of large public schools ... ...

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... children's education? The answer is quite clear. The government has long interfered with our children's education by making them go to public schools, and it has totally failed. According to Milton Friedman, an economist of three decades ago, public schools had few incentives to improve because they were a government-run monopoly. If the governments gave vouchers to the parents to choose their ... ...

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