School choice : the moral debate / edited by Alan Wolfe.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-342) and index.

Defining equity: politics, markets, and public policy / Joseph P. Viteritti -- The irony of school choice: liberals, conservatives, and the new politics of race / Alan Wolfe -- Equity and school choice: how can we bridge the gap between ideals and realities? / Stephen Macedo -- Response / Paul Weithman -- Separating the Siamese twins, "pluralism" and "school choice" / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- "Getting religion": religion, diversity, and community in public and private schools / Meira Levinson and Sanford Levinson -- Assessing arguments for school choice: pluralism, parental rights, or educational results? / Amy Gutmann -- Response / David Hollenbach -- Educational choice and pillarization: some lessons for Americans from the Dutch experiment in "affirmative impartiality" / Richard J. Mouw -- Protecting and limiting school distinctiveness: how much of each? / Charles L. Glenn -- Catholic schools and vouchers: how the empirical reality should ground the debate / Joseph M. O'Keefe -- Response / John T. McGreevy -- Parents, partners, and choice: constitutional dimensions of school options / Martha Minow -- What does the establishment clause forbid? Reflections on the constitutionality of school vouchers / Michael J. Perry -- Charting a constitutional course between private values and public commitments: the case of school vouchers / Rosemary C. Salomone -- Response / Patrick McKinley Brennan.

School choice has lately risen to the top of the list of potential solutions to America's educational problems, particularly for the poor and the most disadvantaged members of society. Indeed, in the last few years several states have held referendums on the use of vouchers in private and parochial schools, and more recently, the Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of a scholarship program that uses vouchers issued to parents. While there has been much debate over the empirical and methodological aspects of school choice policies, discussions related to the effects such policies may h.

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