Full Description
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.
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
About the Editors
About the Contributors
