A recently-released school reform study in New Jersey promises timely fiscal as well as educational benefits, and not just for the Garden State. Some quick background helps us appreciate the study’s nationwide implications.
In 2011, Arizona became the first state to adopt what is called an education savings account, or ESA, policy. ESA plans provide parents who believe their child is not adequately served in the local public school with an annual budget which they can spend on a variety of accredited options — not just traditional private or parochial schools, but tutoring, online academies, special needs services, micro schools, and so on.
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