school choice

noun

US : a program or policy in which students are given the choice to attend a school other than their district's public school (as at a charter school, private school, home school, or at a public school in a different district)

Voucher plans were adopted largely as a last resort, an effort to guarantee a semblance of school choice for low-income minority students in failing inner-city schools.

—Jeffrey Rosen

To be sure, even their most enthusiastic defenders acknowledge that many public schools, especially in big cities are riven with serious problems. The debate over "school choice" and tax vouchers for private schools illustrates the widespread discontent with public schools.

—Dirk Johnson

Examples of school choice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to the Washington Post, a new study from two professors at Stanford University and the University of Southern California finds that segregation in schools is on the rise, and school choice is to blame. —Daniel Buck, National Review, 27 May 2024

The influx of money around school choice has the potential to have a significant influence, experts said. —Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 20 May 2024

Maryland would be wise to take a page from states such as Florida, Indiana and Ohio, and embrace school choice. —David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024

But under the plan, Broward public school students and parents stood to lose magnet programs, school choice or reassignments. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 May 2024

Under Trump, the strong economy, low inflation, low gas prices, criminal justice reform, opportunity zones, and support for school choice and policies promoting a secure southern border disproportionately benefitted blacks. —Larry Elder, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024

Parson’s signature marked a win for school choice advocates, who have for years pushed for greater access to non-traditional K-12 education such as private and religious schools. —Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024

But it also was set up intentionally to test the legal limits of taxpayer funding for religious schools, part of a conservative push to expand the boundaries of school choice. —Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024

Rural Republicans have typically opposed school choice, but that may be changing. —Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above