Education Savings Accounts: The New Frontier in School Choice

Education Savings Accounts: The New Frontier in School Choice

Education Savings Accounts: The New Frontier in School Choice

Education Savings Accounts: The New Frontier in School Choice

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Overview

School choice has been central to American education policy debate for a quarter-century. But throughout, school choice has been just that—school choice. In a potentially profound development, Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) reimagine parent choice in ways that may upend many assumptions that have framed issues of school choice in the past. ESAs offer something wholly new, allowing parents to customize their child’s education by stitching together traditional schools and different education providers, including tutors, therapists, online and blended models. Of course, a raft of new questions and potential challenges accompany these new ESA programs, which in 2015, existed in five states—Arizona, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada and Tennessee—and were introduced by legislators in another sixteen. Yet, for all their potential import, ESAs are barely understood. This volume seeks to provide a comprehensive, fair-minded treatment of ESAs and will address the rationale for them, the challenges they pose, what it takes for them to work and the political and legal dynamics at play.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781475830224
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 03/16/2017
Pages: 210
Product dimensions: 6.24(w) x 9.42(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Nat Malkus is a research fellow in education policy studies at AEI. His work has appeared in publications including the Elementary School Journal, ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, and Theory and Research in Social Education, as well as popular outlets such as US News & World Report.

Adam Peshek is director of educational choice at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, where he provides strategic support to state leaders interested in developing, adopting, and implementing policies that increase educational options for students. Since 2014, Mr. Peshek has focused on ESAs and has worked in each state with an ESA program from policy formation through implementation.

Gerard Robinson is a resident fellow in education policy studies at AEI. He previously served as Florida’s commissioner of education, as the secretary of education in Virginia, and as president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Adam Peshek and Gerard Robinson

Chapter 1: You Say You Want an Evolution? The History, Promise and Challenges of Education Savings Accounts
Matthew Ladner
Chapter 2: The Constitutional Case for ESAs
Tim Keller
Chapter 3: Education Savings Accounts: The Great Unbundling of K-12 Education
Adam Peshek
Chapter 4: Public and Policymaker Perceptions of Education Savings Accounts: The Road to Real Reform?
Robert C. Enlow and Michael Chartier
Chapter 5: The ESA Administrator’s Dilemma: Tackling Quality Control
John Bailey
Chapter 6: State Education Agencies, Regulatory Models, and ESAs
Gerard Robinson
Chapter 7: Parents and Providers Speak Up
Allysia Finley
Chapter 8: Hubs and Spokes: The Supply Side Response to Deregulated Education Funding Michael Q. McShane
Chapter 9: Settling on Education Savings Accounts
Nat Malkus
Conclusion
Nat Malkus

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