Key Points
Arizona has experienced some of the most robust education improvements in the country over the past decade, correlating with the state’s open education choice environment.
Freeing-up education resources and providing public education funds directly to families through education savings accounts has catalyzed civil society in education through new private school start-ups and campus expansions, which are now meeting the needs of Arizona students.
Current caps on ESA eligibility, which limit student participation, dampen what could be a much more robust supply-side response, as restricting eligibility to small, discrete classes of students—when those students are spread across the state—limits provider response, since demand is dispersed across a large geographic area.
Arizona’s ESA program has not only catalyzed a robust civil society response in the Grand Canyon State, it has ignited an entirely new method of designing education choice programs.
Press release: The Grand Canyon State Makes Grand Reforms Through Education Savings Accounts
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