Hoover Institution - Competition Passes the Test: Vouchers Improve Public Schools in Florida

This Hoover Institution studies Florida's "A+" program, which allows students from consistently failing schools to use vouchers to attend a private school. The study findings demonstrate the positive impact vouchers can have on public schools that are forced to compete.

Hoover Institution - Rising Tide

Excerpt: "If every school in the nation were to face a high level of competition both from other districts and from private schools, the productivity of America's schools, in terms of students' level of learning at a given level of spending, would be 28 percent higher than it is now."

School Reform News - Polls Show Vouchers are Popular and Would Be Widely Used

This Heartland Institute article examines how skewed survey questions lead to polling results that understate public support for vouchers and school choice.

Policy Analysis - The Struggle for School Choice Policy After Zelman: Regulation vs. The Free Market

Excerpt: "If monopolies are inefficient, then even average and above-average public schools are not all that they can be. To see significant gains in educational quality, choice must be available to all families who live in a wide geographic area, not just to low-income families in inner cities."