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Download full textAud, Susan L.; Michos, Leon – Cato Institute, 2006
In August 2004 the first ever federally funded school voucher program began in Washington, D.C. Eligible students could attend a private school of their choice in the District of Columbia. Each participant received up to $7,500 for school tuition, fees, and transportation. In addition, the D.C. Public School System (DCPS) and D.C. charter school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Federal Aid, School Choice, Program Effectiveness
Wolfram, Gary – Cato Institute, 2005
As Congress debates the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), it should heed Friedrich Hayek's warning that democracy is "peculiarly liable, if not guided by accepted common principles, to produce over-all results that nobody wanted." One result of the federal government's student financial aid programs is higher tuition costs at the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Government, Student Financial Aid, Tuition
McCluskey, Neal – Cato Institute, 2004
Since the 1965 passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which concentrated unprecedented authority over American education in the hands of the federal government, federal lawmakers have passed increasingly restrictive laws and drastically escalated education spending, which ballooned from around $25 billion in 1965 (adjusted for…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Policy Analysis, Federal Government, Educational Finance
