Education Savings Accounts: The New Frontier in School Choice - Softcover

Malkus, Nat; Peshek, Adam; Robinson, Gerard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475830238 ISBN 13: 9781475830231

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Nat Malkus is a research fellow in education policy studies at AEI. His work has appeared in publications including the Elementary School Journal, ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, and Theory and Research in Social Education, as well as popular outlets such as US News & World Report.

Adam Peshek is director of educational choice at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, where he provides strategic support to state leaders interested in developing, adopting, and implementing policies that increase educational options for students. Since 2014, Mr. Peshek has focused on ESAs and has worked in each state with an ESA program from policy formation through implementation.

Gerard Robinson is a resident fellow in education policy studies at AEI. He previously served as Florida’s commissioner of education, as the secretary of education in Virginia, and as president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options.

Review:

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, Governor)

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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1475830238
• ISBN 13: 9781475830231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210