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This is despite the fact that having a child in a voucher program means a financial sacrifice to these families , who have to pay half or more of the tuition in most programs . " This sound principle underlies any legitimate government action . We tried a slew of cakes , quite a feat when you consider that each slice of the dozen-or-so layer cakes weighs close to half a pound . The federal government guarantees or subsidizes about $ 50 billion in student loans each year , at interest rates well below the market rate and with easy repayment terms . And on each table , there 's often a small piece of cardboard that looks a bit like a ransom note , scrawled with another list of vegetables and specials of the moment , such as fried chicken livers . Consistent with the goal , this study examines the nature of the public policy problem we face and proposes solutions . Or it could be used to pay tuition at a school in another district or at a private school . The Kyoto Protocol is an example of this approach . The setup is counter service , and staff is cheerful and very helpful . In another study , Cecilia Rouse of Princeton University found that math scores of voucher students increased 1.5 percent to 2 percent each year over what they would have attained in public schools , with the improvement coming every year , compounding the effect . Private property rights are crucial to the functioning of a market economy and are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution . This argument ignored the fact that the district received about $ 7,500 for each of the students and sent the private schools only $ 4,400 - giving the district an extra $ 3,100 for each of the children it no longer had to educate [ see the figure ] . This argument fails to appreciate that the Cleveland voucher program , as set up by the Ohio Legislature , does not establish or endorse religious schools . The sides include creamy cole slaw , extra-thick onion rings , baked and sweet potatoes , thin-cut fries , chips and salads . And we really liked the tangy Brunswick stew , loaded with tomatoes , corn and discernible hunks of meat . The fund , which provided 460 scholarships in the 1997-98 school year , added another 1,000 elementary school scholar ships for the 1998-99 school year . In Albany , N.Y ., philanthrophist Virginia Gilder offered a scholarship paying up to 90 percent of private school tuition to any student at Giffen Memorial Elementary School , academically the city 's worst school . Because new schools open frequently and new students enter charter schools each year , the first-year decline charter school students experience biases downward the aggregate scores of these schools ' TAAS passing rates relative to traditional public schools in any given year . The $ 50 million Edgewood project , to begin next fall , will be far more sweeping than any previous private voucher program . Charter schools are a relatively new phenomenon , and each school is different by design . Only a dollop of vanilla ice cream could make it any better . Between 92 percent and 96 percent said they had no friends who smoked cigarettes , drank alcohol , used drugs or were gang members ; only 82 percent to 88 percent of public school students said the same . A new program in San Antonio 's suburban Edgewood school district , where 93 percent of the 14,000 students come from low-income families , will pay the full tuition for any student who wants to transfer to another school , private or public . I like this one better as a leftover .