This September 2001 study challenges claims made by voucher proponents that Cleveland school vouchers are an "escape hatch" for students not served by the public schools.  Author Zach Schiller finds that close to one third of pupils receiving aid through Cleveland’s voucher program had previously attended private schools, while only 21 percent previously went to public schools.

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Voucher Fact File

 

Cleveland School Vouchers:
Where the Students Go

 

Amy Hanauer's January 2002 analysis of the latest enrollment figures from Cleveland's voucher program finds that 99.4 percent of voucher students are enrolled in religious schools.  Hanauer points to a consistent decrease of secular school participants and voucher student enrollment in secular schools since the program began in 1996-97.  The U.S. Supreme Court is now poised to hear arguments regarding a December 2000 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that deemed Cleveland's program unconstitutional and cited the fact that then, 96% of the city's voucher students were enrolled in religious schools.

 

 

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School Vouchers Questioned

Cincinnati Post, February 12, 05

 

A Battle for Children's Futures

U.S. News, February 25, 02

 

Editorial: A Matter of Church and State

New York Times, February 20, 02

 

Key Case in Future of School Choice
Christian Science Monitor, February 19, 02

 

Cleveland Case Offers High-Stakes Test Over Church and State

Maryland Sun Journal, February 18, 02

 

High Court High Noon
Education Week, February 13, 02

 

Cleveland Case Poses New Test for Vouchers
New York Times, February 10, 02

 

Study: Most Voucher Schools Religious
Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 24, 02

 

Study: Just 1 in 5 Cleveland Voucher Pupils Left in Public Schools
Education Week, September 19, 01

 

Vouchers Mean Escape for Few
Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 9, 01