Choice and Schools: An Analysis of Free Market Financing and Educational Values

Authors

Joseph Watras
Edward St. John

Abstract

In the public policy discourse about vouchers, many Catholic school advocates have been aligned with the new conservative critics of public schools. A review of the Dayton, Ohio, area Catholic schools reveals that need-based student subsidies, which are a variation on vouchers, might reverse the declining urban enrollment in Catholic schools and continue their tradition of educating poor and disadvantaged students. However, the case suggests that choice schemes can alter the educational aims of schools in unexpected ways.

DOI

10.15365/joce.0104052013

First Page

400

Last Page

413

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Recommended Citation

Watras, J., & St. John, E. (1998). Choice and Schools: An Analysis of Free Market Financing and Educational Values. Journal of Catholic Education. https://doi.org/10.15365/joce.0104052013