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Direct linkHendrie, Caroline – Education Week, 2004
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…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Educational Vouchers, Tuition, Private Schools
