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School Choice
Aired 10/2/1997

These days school choice is an issue whose time has come. Others say it’s a distraction from the real problem, which is fixing our public schools. Think Tank visits New York City, the country’s largest school system to get to the heart of the matter.
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  Paul Peterson
    director of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University
  Jeffrey Henig
    professor at George Washington University, author of Rethinking School Choice, Limits of the Market Metaphor
  Sol Stern
    senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, contributing editor to the City Journal

Originally Aired: 10/2/1997

   
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