School Choice Voucher

The school choice movement allows the use of public funds to give families to choose alternative options for their child’s education other than their local public school. The goal of school choice programs is to provide parents more control over their child's education and to give parents the opportunity to pick the most appropriate learning environments for children. Parents should have the right to choose which education is best for their children.The first school choice debate was in the mid 1900’s when the public school education grew in industrialized countries(Chittom, 1). School choice brings accountability and competition to all schools, it benefits the poor, and helps reduce segregation. There are several ways to offer school choice programs, one is the voucher system. School choice will increase the competition for better education between public and private schools. This program provides the opportunity
The first school choice voucher program, created in 1991 in Milwaukee, WI, was designed to give low-income families more high-quality school options (Vevea, 1234). A Harvard study looked at how school choice affected school enrollment. According to the authors,“Using a voucher to attend private school increased the overall college enrollment rate among African Americans by 24 percent.” (Pearson, Geier, 1234) These programs provide families, especially those who cannot afford private school tuition, with alternatives when a school has failed. It benefits disabled children by letting them go to a school with a larger staff to student ratio. According to a study done by the Yankee Institute, 99% of all disabled children are educated with regular students. In Australia, disabled students participate in a school choice program where they can choose where they want to go, therefore giving them a chance to succeed (School choice benefits disabled,