http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/13/education/13voucher.html?pagewanted=1
Charter schools appear to be more popular than vouchers, educating nearly one million students in 40 states. In contrast, voucher programs, serve only about 36,000 students in Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. "Vouchers are moving slowly," said Paul Hill, a professor who studies school choice at the University of Washington. "The American people don't want a complete free market in education. They want some government oversight of taxpayer-funded schools." When Ohio enacted a program of school vouchers, David Brennan, a businessman, founded two schools for voucher students. Three years later, he closed the schools and reopened them as charter schools. That decision reflected the fortunes of the two school choice movements. Some see few differences, however. "Charters and vouchers are equal on our agenda," said Tom Mooney, of the Ohio Federation of Teachers. "We consider charters more insidious right now, because they've grown larger."
Source: New York Times (free registration required)
Date: 07/17/2005
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