How vouchers came to D.C.: the inside story of the Bush administration's successful effort to bring school choice to the nation's capital

Education Next, Fall, 2004 by Spencer S. Hsu

For most Washington schoolchildren headed back to class this fall, any change in their lives as a result of the 2003 voucher battle in Congress will remain remote. When fully phased in, the $14 million-a-year voucher program is expected to serve about 2,000 students, a small portion of the roughly 80,000 children enrolled in the city's regular and charter public schools.