For the vast majority of America’s children, going to school has changed little from their parents’ generation, even their grandparents’: Where you live is where you learn, in a school run by your local public school district. But last year, Arizona functionally declared its school-aged students free agents, putting parents, not real estate agents, in control of directing where and how their children are educated.
Public Dollars, Private Schools
A prominent Arizona charter school plans to open private Christian schools using state education funds. Will others follow suit?

(Stock photo by Getty Images.)
(Stock photo by Getty Images.)



