ABSTRACT
Why were the memories of segregation rehashed fifty years later in Milwaukee, WI? The answer is school vouchers.2
Few social policies are as controversial as school vouchers. These programs provide publicly funded scholarships to parents that they can use for private school tuition for their children. The politics surrounding the school voucher debate is heated for a number of reasons. Questions of the separation of church and state arise. Where students attend school has been an issue linked to both desegregation and to segregation in the past. Teachers’ unions and pro-market
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interest groups donate millions of dollars to shape public opinion and the actions of elected officials on the issue of school vouchers.
