ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stephen D. Sugarman
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08/16/13 | Stephen D. Sugarman
Churches and charter schools
The connection between charter schools and religion continues to generate the occasional headline, with the most recent coming last week when the New York Times carried a Texas Tribune story...
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05/23/13 | Stephen D. Sugarman
Designing tax credit scholarship programs
I have written an article about tax credit scholarship plans that will be published in the Journal of Law and Education (Volume 43, Issue 1, Jan. 2014). You can read...
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04/19/13 | Stephen D. Sugarman
Too soon to gauge sweep of Indiana school voucher ruling
In 2002, in the Zelman case, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Cleveland school voucher program against a claim that the plan violates the “establishment clause” of the First Amendment...
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02/26/13 | Stephen D. Sugarman
A closer look at Marco Rubio’s proposal for federal tax credit scholarships
Eleven states currently offer tax credits to specified taxpayers who make contributions to tax-exempt non-profit organizations that in turn use those contributions to fund scholarships for qualifying, financially-needy, elementary and/or...
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06/19/12 | Stephen D. Sugarman
The daunting details of Romney’s school choice plan
Gov. Romney gave a speech last month to a Hispanic audience calling for more school choice for parents. He promised, if elected president, to provide all children from low-income families and...
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04/19/12 | Stephen D. Sugarman
Low-income parents vs. teachers unions on teacher layoff policies
Editor’s note: High-poverty schools and low-income families are hurt the most by last-in-first-out layoff policies for teachers. In Los Angeles, groups representing low-income parents filed suit against the practice – and...
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01/18/12 | Stephen D. Sugarman
From charters to vouchers — the next evolution for liberal Democrats
About two million American children now attend more than 5,000 charter schools nationwide. Although it is likely to take some time for charter schools to be the educators of even 10...
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12/19/11 | Stephen D. Sugarman
Too many liberals are on the wrong side of the school choice debate
We liberals see our public schools as the centerpiece of America’s “melting pot” society. Religiously divisive societies like Northern Ireland and Lebanon worry us. Teachers unions are generally applauded as...
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