Read Cato Institute's 2019 Welfare, Work, and Wealth National Survey. New paper on problems with economic integration and controlled choice.

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September 25, 2019

2019 Welfare Work Wealth National Survey ([link removed] )

What Americans Think About Poverty, Wealth, and Work ([link removed] )

The Cato Institute's 2019 Welfare, Work, and Wealth National Survey, a new national poll of 1,700 U.S. adults, finds that 84% of Americans say there is nothing wrong with trying to make as much money as one honestly can. The survey also finds the public believes that growing the economic pie benefits more than just the wealthy: 79% say economic growth will better help people climb out of poverty than more welfare spending.

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By Emily Ekins

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The Problems with Economic Integration and Controlled Choice ([link removed] )

Following a 2007 Supreme Court decision restricting the use of race for school assignments, school boards desiring greater diversity turned to economic integration, meaning equalizing the proportion of low-income students in each school in a district. The integration is often accomplished using “controlled choice,” a method of assigning students to schools by giving parents some degree of “choice” among the public schools in their district. In a new paper, David J. Armor reviews controlled-choice plans in six large districts in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Florida, and finds that none of these districts has demonstrated significant closing of achievement gaps between higher- and lower-income students.

- The Problems with Economic Integration and Controlled Choice ([link removed] )

By David J. Armor

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