The Critical Role of Vouchers in Enabling Affordable School Choice

TNT Academy is a private Gwinnett County, Georgia, institution that provides students with quality education that allows them to grow into responsible citizens. TNT Academy emphasizes school choice in its curriculum, with students encouraged to make up lost credits and attain high school diplomas.

One way in which many parents are able to afford a private education is through vouchers, which employ public funds in covering a portion or the complete cost of tuition. Typically distributed through state governments, the system was first implemented in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the early 1990s as a way of providing low-income families with higher quality education options. 

Vouchers have a proven track record in providing families with alternatives to a failing public school system. By using vouchers families avoid having to pay for education twice, both in the form of tuition and taxes. They also introduce healthy competition within a system in which teachers unions can block needed change. Today vouchers are in place in a dozen states, from Colorado to Georgia, as well as in the District of Columbia.