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Part Three: Research and Argumentation 288 inequality relates to other forms of injustice, efforts to create fairness in the quality of schools will influence U.S. racial politics, gender equality, and socioeconomic stratification. For better or for worse, school reform of any kind will impact greater social structures and institutions that color our daily lives as students, parents, and community members. Some people believe that school choice programs are the answer. But is it likely that people of all socioeconomic backgrounds can experience parity in education through current school voucher proposals? In my research, I will examine whether school choice programs have the potential to create more equitable schooling experiences for all students. Even though proponents of school choice use the language of freedom and equality to justify school vouchers, recent propositions for school choice would likely exacerbate inequality in education and access. There are a vast number of resources on school choice, but I anticipate encountering some difficulty in pursuing my guiding question. For example, many people discussing this topic are entrenched in their current viewpoints. Similarly, this issue is very politicized, dividing people mostly along party lines. I also need to do more preliminary research: I’m not certain if there have been school choice experiments conducted on any significant scale, in the U.S. or elsewhere. Finally, it is difficult to evaluate complex social phenomena of inequality without also considering race, gender, disability status, nationality, etc.; I’ll need to focus on socioeconomic status, but I cannot treat it as a discrete issue. Works Cited Worsnop, Richard L. “School Choice: Would It Strengthen or Weaken Public Education in America?” CQ Researcher , vol. 1, 10 May 1991, pp. 253-276. Zornick, George. “Bernie Sanders Just Introduced His Free College Tuition Plan.” The Nation , The Nation Company LLC, 3 April 2017, Bernie Sanders Just Introduced His Free College Tuition Plan [The Nation article] As you develop your own proposal, I encourage you to follow these steps, answering the questions listed above. However, in order to create a more cohesive proposal, be sure to revise for fluency: your proposal shouldn’t read like a list of answers, but like a short essay outlining your interests and expectations.