NeoVouchers

Kevin G. Welner is associate professor of education and director of the Education and the Public Interest Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: "Something So Close to Vouchers"Chapter 3: Preferring Preferences: Taxes as Policy InstrumentsChapter 4: Current Knowledge on the Nature and Effects of Tax Credit Voucher PoliciesChapter 5: Taxing the Establishment Clause: Exploring the Constitutional IssuesChapter 6: Policy and Political ImplicationsChapter 7: Future Prospects: Tinkering with UtopiaChapter 8 Appendix: Tax Credit Voucher Statutes

A terrific book exposing how tuition tax credits-a voucher by another name-work to change education from a public to a private good, endangering democracy along the way. Welner masterfully explains how tuition tax credits hide state governments' increasing support for private and sectarian schools with public money. He provides a concise, clear, and scholarly description of what these policies are, how they got here, and the damage they do. Everything you wanted to know about why tuition tax credits are growing more common and more dangerous, written by one the nation's most credible scholars.