School Choice & Charters Video

School Choice, Explained

December 22, 2016 3:12

Charter schools. Vouchers. Tax-credit scholarships. Education savings accounts. What are these things and how do they relate to school choice? Education Week reporter Arianna Prothero breaks down the different forms of public and private school choice. She explains why understanding those differences will be important under the incoming presidential administration of Donald Trump, who has strongly touted more private school choice as a central piece of his K-12 education agenda.

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