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PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

ISBN-10147583022X

ISBN-139781475830224

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Number of Pages210 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEducation Savings Accounts : the New Frontier in School Choice

Publication Year2017

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Administration / General, Industries / Financial Services

TypeTextbook

AuthorGerard Robinson, Nat Malkus, Adam Peshek

Subject AreaEducation, Business & Economics

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-055598

ReviewsESAs are the most exciting new thing to hit the education reform stage and this volume presents the perspectives of an all-star cast on this new reform's potential. Even if it isn't as hard to get as tickets to Hamilton, everyone involved in education policy will want to grab a copy of this book so they can better understand how ESAs work, the regulatory and accountability challenges they face, as well as the legal and political advantages they offer., Education Savings Accounts: The New Frontier in School Choice provides a hands-on view of one of the most important conversations in school choice today. Rather than cheerleading any single view, the authors offer questions and insights that help the reader understand how ESAs work and discover what they could mean for American education reform moving forward., This book features contributions from the nation's leading school choice scholars, legal experts, and advocates that address how ESAs work, what it will take for them to deliver on their potential, and how policymakers and parents should think about this new educational option. As a promising new frontier in American education, it is vital that those who support ESAs be thinking from the start about the challenges they pose and how to address them. This book is a useful tool to do just that., "Education Savings Accounts: The New Frontier in School Choice provides a hands-on view of one of the most important conversations in school choice today. Rather than cheerleading any single view, the authors offer questions and insights that help the reader understand how ESAs work and discover what they could mean for American education reform moving forward." --Debbie Lesko, Arizona Senator "The unfortunate lesson of history is that a public education model that treats parents inequitably treats their children no differently. The authors of this book outline a bold, new direction that disrupts this failed status quo. By empowering all parents with the freedom and resources to seek better educational options, we better ensure the success of their children in the classroom and in life." --Jeb Bush, 43rd Governor of the State of Florida, Founder, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Excellence in Education "This book features contributions from the nation's leading school choice scholars, legal experts, and advocates that address how ESAs work, what it will take for them to deliver on their potential, and how policymakers and parents should think about this new educational option. As a promising new frontier in American education, it is vital that those who support ESAs be thinking from the start about the challenges they pose and how to address them. This book is a useful tool to do just that." --Frederick Hess, author of Letters to a Young Education Reformer; director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute "ESAs are the most exciting new thing to hit the education reform stage and this volume presents the perspectives of an all-star cast on this new reform's potential. Even if it isn't as hard to get as tickets to Hamilton, everyone involved in education policy will want to grab a copy of this book so they can better understand how ESAs work, the regulatory and accountability challenges they face, as well as the legal and political advantages they offer." --Jay P. Greene, endowed chair and head of the Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, Ph.D., endowed chair and head of the Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, The unfortunate lesson of history is that a public education model that treats parents inequitably treats their children no differently. The authors of this book outline a bold, new direction that disrupts this failed status quo. By empowering all parents with the freedom and resources to seek better educational options, we better ensure the success of their children in the classroom and in life., ESAs are the most exciting new thing to hit the education reform stage and this volume presents the perspectives of an all-star cast on this new reform's potential. Even if it isn't as hard to get as tickets to Hamilton, everyone involved in education policy will want to grab a copy of this book so they can better understand how ESAs work, the regulatory and accountability challenges they face, as well as the legal and political advantages they offer.

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Table Of ContentPreface 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

SynopsisSchool 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., 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., This volume seeks to provide a comprehensive, fair-minded treatment of Education Savings Accounts 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.

LC Classification NumberLB1027.9.E393 2017