https://wsj.com/articles/america-needs-real-school-choice-5c
Today’s school-choice ecosystem, which one might refer to as “market lite,” has helped thousands of families. But millions are waiting, and current choice programs operate within the same inadequate framework. Increasing choice on the margin through partial vouchers, magnet school or other measures has yielded disappointing results because of an imperfectly competitive market. Real competition doesn’t mean entering a lottery to attend a charter school or providing vouchers worth only a fraction of public-school funding.
The transformation of American education is bringing a more competitive and diverse array of schooling options for students. The most important development is the rapid expansion of education savings accounts, which 11 states offer. These accounts allow parents to channel public funds to a variety of educational services, from private-school tuition and microschools to tutoring and online courses, but they typically don’t match the funding provided to public schools. Even so, they are helping turn Friedman’s vision into reality.
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