The most common form of school choice discussed are charter schools. There are other forms of school choice available though, sadly, none of them are legal within Kentucky's borders.

The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice just published a research piece on Arizona's use of Education Savings Accounts.

From the executive summary:

With Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, Arizona has created a model that should be every state policymaker’s goal when considering how to improve education: funding students instead of physical school buildings and allowing that funding to follow children to any education provider of choice. Such control over education funding ensures parents have access to options that meet their children’s unique learning needs and ultimately can move beyond the worthwhile goal of school choice to choice among education service providers, courses, teachers, and methods.

I don't know about you but that sounds like a heavy dose of common sense to me.

You can download the report here. You may also want to forward this on to your state representative.

It is time for Kentucky to legalize school choice.