Public and Private School Choices in the District of Columbia

Download or read book Public and Private School Choices in the District of Columbia written by Frank D. Riggs and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hearing on school vouchers and public schools, to examine whether vouchers, which won't get close to providing education funds to pay for private school education, will improve academic results in the District of Columbia. Witnesses: Virginia Walden, Bernice Gates, and Sheila Carson-Carr, parents; Brian Bennett, Director of School Operations, School Futures Research Foundation; Arlene Ackerman, Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer, District of Columbia Public Schools; and Lawrence Callahan, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Wash., DC. Also articles submitted for the record.