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Martin F. Lueken – EdChoice, 2024
This report summarizes the fiscal effects of education choice programs across the United States from an analysis of 48 private education choice programs in 25 states plus D.C. The programs in the analysis include five education savings account programs, 22 school voucher programs, and 21 tax credit scholarship programs. This study estimates the…
Descriptors: School Choice, Private Schools, Costs, Expenditure per Student
EdChoice, 2024
Historically, private education has been an option mostly for families who could afford the cost or received financial help. Years of research have shown that many families would choose private schools and other educational resources for their children if they did not face insurmountable financial or geographical limitations. Private educational…
Descriptors: School Choice, Legal Problems, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Lueken, Martin F. – EdChoice, 2021
School choice critics argue that choice programs drain resources from public schools and therefore harm students who remain in them. Because policymakers are tasked with balancing their states' budgets and ensuring that their public schools meet educational provisions in their states' constitutions, they are concerned with the fiscal effects of…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Finance, Costs, Private Schools
Catt, Andrew D. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2014
This report provides a framework for understanding the impacts of state government statutes regulating private schools, regulations distinct to a given school choice program, and any regulatory growth over a program's lifespan. Examining school choice programs in operation for at least a few years provides important context and comparisons for…
Descriptors: Private Schools, State Regulation, School Choice, State Government
Council for American Private Education, 2012
Council for American Private Education (CAPE) is a coalition of national associations serving private schools K-12. "Outlook" is published monthly by CAPE. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Repeal of Blaine Amendment on Florida Ballot in November; (2) Top Private Education Events of 2011; (3) New Guidance Issued on ESEA…
Descriptors: Private Education, State Legislation, Constitutional Law, Religious Discrimination
Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2010
This publication presents the 2009-2010 edition of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's "ABCs of School Choice". The "ABCs of School Choice" provides the latest in up-to-date and accurate information about the many school choice success stories taking place throughout the country. Readers will find this guide an…
Descriptors: School Choice, Tax Credits, Tuition, Scholarships
DiPerna, Paul, Ed. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2012
School choice is a common sense idea that gives all parents the power and freedom to choose their child's education, while encouraging healthy competition among schools and other institutions to better serve students' needs and priorities. It is a public policy that allows a parent/guardian or student to choose a district, charter, or private…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Public Policy, Guides
Lips, Dan – Heritage Foundation, 2008
School choice improves parents' satisfaction with their children's schools, and public schools that face competition have shown improved performance, yet opponents continue to oppose reforms that give parents the opportunity to choose their children's schools. State and federal policymakers should reform existing education policies to give all…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Policy, Educational Vouchers, Public Education
Forster, Greg; Carr, Matthew – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2007
Opponents of school choice argue that private schools are not "accountable" because they are not subject to detailed oversight by a regulatory bureaucracy. They claim private school employees can be expected to engage in abusive and criminal behavior more frequently. School choice supporters respond that parents hold private schools…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Accountability
Kroeger, Marianne; And Others – 1989
While the concept of choice is not new to families able to take advantage of the available options, the idea of giving parents nearly total freedom in selecting their children's public school is new. Proponents of choice claim it results in higher test scores, fewer dropouts, and more involved parents. Critics maintain that there is no proof of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
Addonizio, Michael F.; And Others – 1991
The five papers in this document first apply the criteria of adequacy, equity, efficiency, and liberty to financing school choice programs and then consider programmatic issues related to choice. Following an introduction by Suzanne Langston Juday entitled "Evaluating Education Finance Policy Decisions," section 1 consists of an overview…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Conklin, Kristin D.; Smith, Stephen – National Governors Association, 2004
Never before in U.S. history has the quality of human resources--the skills and education of its people-been so important to the economic prospects of states and their residents. Within the next 20 years, the nation will lack 14 million people with postsecondary education unless states realize significant improvements in high school and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Graduation Rate