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Review of Education Voucher Policy in Chile

Zhou Qi

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Education voucher policy was implemented in Chili in 1980 financed by the public fund.This policy was based upon the model of free market for education voucher of Friedman.It covered all of the public and some of the private primary and secondary schools.This policy has increased the opportunity of school choice of parents,but research shows that the students with better off family are the beneficiaries.This policy also failed to achieve expected results in improving school effectiveness and quality as well as promoting educational equality.It is necessary to reconsider the purposes and roles of education voucher.

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Key concepts: Voucher, School choice, Public policy, Public economics, Quality (philosophy), Private school, Education policy, Private education