Alex Molnar notes that schools in Milwaukee's voucher program lack accountability for student achievement, racial segregation, and social stratification. A commentary by Joseph W. Newman analyzes how the idea of market-driven education is being sold by private school voucher advocates. This item explains how preliminary research on the Cleveland Voucher Program was reanalyzed by voucher proponents to fit a preconception. The most important lesson to be learned from Milwaukee's experience is not educational, but political. Peter Cookson argues that public dollars belong in public schools.
Important questions remain unanswered.
No one Really knows how children in Milwaukee's voucher schools are faring. The Evidence , a sidebar by Richard Rothstein examines the ambiguous research findings on student achievement in voucher schools.