This article reports on the final congressional approval given by the U.S. Senate to a school voucher initiative for the nation's capital. Supporters vowed to have the program up and running by fall, while opponents pledged to do their best to derail it. In a move billed as historic by proponents and disgraceful by critics, the Senate passed the…

Some scholars see it as a gold mine, others as a subject they wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. Either way, the chance to study the new federally financed school voucher program in the nation's capital has piqued the interest of education researchers around the country. Spelled out in detail in the D.C. School Choice Incentive Act of 2003--part…

This article reports the 7-2 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding a Washington state scholarship program that denies aid to theology majors. Disappointing proponents of tuition aid for students in religious schools, the court held that Washington state was well within its rights to exclude students' training for the ministry from its Promise…