Stephen D. Sugarman, Author at NextSteps: Step Up For Students

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen D. Sugarman

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What I did before joining Step Up For Students

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

11/30/11 | Stephen D. Sugarman

Framing school choice as parent empowerment

Most parents try to protect their child from dangers, to nourish their child’s development, and to instill values and a sense of purpose in their child so that, as he...