Cash Talks

摘要

A generation of reforms―including more school resources and new curricula―has failed to improve urban schools. In Oakland, Calif., near where I live, 20% of high school students drop out. Only a third meet the minimum requirements for entrance to the California state university system. The dropout problem is especially severe among African-American and Latino high school students, who are twice as likely to drop out as other students. School vouchers are seen as a way to bring market competition into this stagnant sector of the economy. But results from early voucher reforms are mixed, and these programs continue to face challenges in the courts and state legislatures.