Equality For All

Equality For All

An Urgent Crisis, An Effective, Affordable Remedy

Selected Resources on Class Size

Florida's Coalition to Reduce Class Size was established to help mobilize grassroots support in support of Florida's class-size initiative, which will appear on the ballot as Amendment 9. For more information about the Coalition, see their Web site.

People For the American Way (PFAW) is a national organization that advances the principles of quality education, free expression, civic participation, tolerance, and constitutional liberties.

An Urgent Crisis, An Effective, Affordable Remedy

Florida Voting Rights Lawsuit Ends in Settlement

People For the American Way Foundation and several other civil rights groups joined with state agencies and other defendants to file a settlement agreement yesterday in their lawsuit against the state of Florida and several Florida counties on behalf of the NAACP and black voters in the state. The suit sought to address the denial of voting rights to black citizens of Florida during the 2000 general election. The settlement includes the restoration of voting rights to citizens erroneously purged from the rolls before the 2000 election and better statewide maintenance of uniformity in election day procedures and voter registration processing.

End Notes

[1] “Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: MPCP Facts and Figures for 2001-2002,” Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, accessed April 2002.

[2] Letter from State Sen. Russ Decker’s office, transmitted to People For the American Way by e-mail on April 17, 2002.

[3] A Painful Price: How the Milwaukee Voucher Surcharge Undercuts Wisconsin’s Education Priorities, a report by People For the American Way Foundation, February 14, 2002, accessed April 2002.

"Educational Vouchers: Effectiveness, Choice and Costs," Henry M. Levin, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 17, No. 3, 373-392 (1998), p. 387.
"Educational Vouchers: Effectiveness, Choice and Costs," p. 383.
Joseph Claude Harris, cited in "The Cleveland Voucher Program: Who Chooses? Who Gets Chosen? Who Pays?" A Report by the American Federation of Teachers, 1997, p. 18.