Parents and students should have more sovereignty over their children’s education, especially by enabling parents to use Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) to supplement their children’s brick-and-mortar schooling. The landmark enactment of universal ESAs in Arizona, in which every K-12 pupil will receive $6,500 for tutoring, technology, and instructional expenses, is a model for every other state. Microschools and charter schools give parents additional affordable options for their children. Well-designed testing is a key element to helping students succeed in school.
Encouraging employers to offer child care microschools for their employees’ children could address policymakers’ longstanding goals of expanding access to high-quality child care while meeting parents’ increasing demands for new schooling options for their children.
States should establish tutoring ESAs to help disadvantaged students recover learning losses.
A federal reform to reverse the effects of historical housing discrimination.
Instead of an unworkable universal pre-K system, Head Start Accounts can fund early childhood education for low-income families.
Unspent funds could provide grants worth $5,000 to low-income students.
Teachers’ unions thwarted in-person schooling despite compelling evidence of its safety.
Many school districts remain closed despite an avalanche of Congressional aid.
$175 billion is now available to reopen schools and address learning losses.
