Sentence examples for strong voucher from inspiring English sources

"Voucher proposals are more likely to be acceptable to citizens if they start with the neediest children," said Terry M. Moe, a self-described "very strong voucher supporter" who is an expert on education policy at the Hoover Institution in California.

Next, Mr. Bush should send four bills to Capitol Hill: a tax cut that combines marginal rate tax relief with an easing of the marriage penalty and an increase in the child tax credit; an immediate ban on partial-birth abortions; an education reform bill with a strong voucher provision; a new budget that rebuilds the American military and speeds work on a missile defense system.

Yesterday's ruling, in a case from Louisiana, concerns a narrow program providing instructional materials, but Justice Clarence Thomas took the opportunity to write a strong pro-voucher opinion focused on a neutrality test: whether aid is equally available to students regardless of where they study.

Systematic reviews point to strong evidence that vouchers increase utilisation of services and modest evidence that vouchers can target specific groups for service delivery and improve the quality of services, although the modest evidence largely stems from the small number of robust studies rather than a lack of impact on quality (Brody et al. 2013; Bellows et al. 2011; Gorter et al. 2013).

Polls show strong support for vouchers among African-Americans.

During the presidential campaign and the early months of his administration, President Bush was a strong supporter of vouchers.

Polls show public disdain for vouchers, so Mr. Bush avoids the word, but his position is little different from that of his father, who was a strong advocate of vouchers.

Justice Clarence Thomas, a strong supporter of vouchers, has become the leading national advocate for the view that racial diversity is ultimately less important than ensuring a genuinely equal education for African-American children.

"The court went out of its way to limit the context," said Clint Bolick, vice president of the Institute for Justice, a strong supporter of vouchers that filed a brief in the case.

Paul Peterson, a professor of government at Harvard who has studied the existing programs, said the growing popularity of charter schools around the country was strong evidence that more voucher programs were inevitable.

Mr. Ferguson has made education a centerpiece in his campaign, and he is a strong advocate of school vouchers.