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Date:
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Friday, March 29, 2002
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Time:
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9:15 AM — 11:00 AM
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Location:
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Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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About This Event
Opponents of school choice--in particular, programs that offer private school vouchers to families--often argue that increasing education options will lower the quality of public schools by drawing funds away from public school systems and instead toward private schools. Thomas Nechyba, a professor of economics and public policy studies at Duke University, has analyzed theoretically and empirically the impact of school choice on public school quality and found it is likely that any negative impacts would be small and in many circumstances the quality of public schools may substantially increase. Moreover, Nechyba concludes that vouchers would benefit lower-income households more than high-income households that are already exercising school choice. Frederick Hess, a professor of education and government at the University of Virginia, and Derek Neal, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, will comment on Nechyba’s findings.
Agenda
| 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:15 | Introduction: | Eric M. Engen, AEI |
| | Speaker: | Thomas Nechyba, Duke University |
| | Discussants: | Frederick Hess, University of Virginia |
| | | Derek Neal, University of Chicago |
| | Moderator: | Eric M. Engen, AEI |
| 11:00 | Adjournment |
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