school choice

noun

US : a program or policy in which students are given the choice to use public funds to attend a school other than their district's public school (as at a charter school, private school, home school, or at a public school in a different district)

Voucher plans were adopted largely as a last resort, an effort to guarantee a semblance of school choice for low-income minority students in failing inner-city schools.—

Jeffrey Rosen

To be sure, even their most enthusiastic defenders acknowledge that many public schools, especially in big cities are riven with serious problems. The debate over "school choice" and tax vouchers for private schools illustrates the widespread discontent with public schools.—

Dirk Johnson

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Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 The education bureaucracy is a core constituency of the Democratic Party, and that constituency wants nothing to do with school choice. —

Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024 Adopt universal school choice and workforce initiatives Most Hoosier families already qualify for Indiana's school voucher program. —

Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2024 She was well known for her support of school choice and school voucher programs, which allow parents to take federal funds and use them for alternative schools. —

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