Author:
Carl, Jim.
Imprint:Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.
Descriptionxxiv, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:List of tables -- List of figures -- List of maps -- Series foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Freedom: -- Setting the parameters -- Freedom to choose -- Federalist state -- Welfare state contradiction -- Conservatism -- Color of American politics -- Plan of the book -- Chapter 2: Tuition Grants: -- Legislative backlash to Brown -- 1960 school crisis -- Ninth ward elementary school -- Spread of tuition grants -- Legal defense of tuition grants -- From tuition grants to segregated academies -- Chapter 3: Detour: -- Right turn at the Office of Economic Opportunity -- Friedmanite voucher -- New Hampshire context -- Yankee democracy -- Aftermath of New Hampshire vouchers -- Chapter 4: Urban School Crisis: -- Reverend Virgil Blum's vouchers crusade -- Public and private education in Milwaukee -- Responses to school desegregation -- Independent community schools -- Black political power in Milwaukee -- Governor Tommy Thompson -- Bradley Foundation -- Vouchers come to Milwaukee -- Polly Williams and the parental choice debate -- Chapter 5: Church In The City: -- Depression-era vouchers -- Cleveland's urban school crisis -- School desegregation and resegregation -- Statehouse and city hall politics -- Cleveland voucher supporters -- Church in the city -- Governor and the entrepreneur -- Cleveland scholarship and tutoring program -- Chapter 6: Fixing School Vouchers: -- Legal challenges -- School vouchers in perspective -- Prospects for school vouchers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
