School-choice advocates usually speak of only two alternatives: public-school choice (open enrollment among public schools) and private-school choice (taxpayers subsidizing private-school tuition). Yet two other alternatives hold even greater promise for improving education: child-centered funding and outright (consumer-funded) privatization.
John D. Merrifield is Professor of Economics in the College of Business at the University of Texas, San Antonio, and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute.
Other Independent Review articles by John D. Merrifield | |
Fall 2016 | Swedish and Swiss Fiscal-Rule Outcomes Contain Key Lessons for the United States |
Fall 2006 | Choice and Competition in American Education |
Summer 2002 | Schools, Vouchers, and the American Public |