This chapter discusses the difficulties in conducting randomized field experiments to analyze the impact of vouchers on voting. It explores the resistance faced from program administrators, lack of funding, and provides updates on the implementation of vouchers in Seattle, Oakland, and LA.
Even great ideas need to be studied and understood scientifically. Jennifer Heerwig has done more than anyone studying the effects of the voucher experiment in Seattle, Washington. In this episode, we hear what she has learned, and what that could mean for reform more generally.