Private school voucher programs have been a controversial topic for years, and the concept is traditionally most popular amongst conservatives.
Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul the nation’s education system to push school-choice programs. But a recent analysis shows that “vouchers worked best when enrollment from voucher students was kept low.”
WSJ elaborated: A Wall Street Journal analysis of the data suggests vouchers worked best when enrollment from voucher students was kept low. As the percentage of voucher students rises, the returns diminish until the point when there is little difference between the performance of public and private institutions. The vast majority of private schools participating in the program today have high percentages of publicly funded students.
Vouchers are often described “as coupons, backed by state dollars, that parents can use to send their kids to the school of their choice, even private, religiously affiliated schools,” NPR reported. “The money is all or some of what the state would have otherwise spent to educate the child in a public school.”
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