The supreme court on aid to private schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4254537 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald A Erickson (University of San Francisco, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 291-302 |
| Publication date | 1978-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Into Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5841 • E-ISSN: 1527-2532 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00405847809542780 |
| OpenAlex | W2052516452 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Donald A. Erickson University of San Francisco San Francisco, California Despite principles of constitutional law that ostensibly have been settled, relationships between government and private education in the United States are marked by controversy and confusion. In 1977, the Supreme Court reasserted a three-part test that had been used again and again to deny direct and indirect tax assistance to church-related schools.1 Yet some people believe the Court would be glad for a chance to extricate itself from current guidelines in this particular, since its decisions manifest 'confusion verging on scandal.2 More than half a century earlier, the Court formulated what has often been described as the Magna of private declaring that parents were free under the U.S. Constitution to choose between the public and private modes of schooling.3 Yet government is now accused of wreaking fiscal ruin on private education, with the Supreme Court's at-least-tacit acquiescence.4 In some states, furthermore, public officers are demanding, not merely that all children be provided with the understandings and skills purportedly essential to good citizenship, but that all children be educated in the manner these officials think best: some private school sponsors and patrons insist that the Court's Magna Carta means little or nothing under these circumstances, since private schools that are forced to be just like public schools no longer provide parents with a significant choice.5 The present article examines some disturbing developments with respect to the first of these two sets of constitutional issues issues of government aid to private schools
Acquiescence · Constitution · Government (linguistics · Jury · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Supreme court · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Law · Taxation and Legal Issues
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |