The rapid expansion of private school choice has drawn a good deal of news coverage — as it should.

We’ve never put so much public money in the hands of individuals to pay for private education. In the 2023-24 school year, nearly one million students used upwards of $4 billion in public funds for private or home schooling.

I’ve followed school choice for almost 20 years, and even I was surprised at the speed with which private school choice policies have spread in the past several years.

FutureEd, the Georgetown University-based think tank where I’m policy director, has spent the last year carefully studying many of these new programs, and we know there are stories best told by those closest to the action.

Journalists, advocates on all sides, and voters should ask many questions about new private school choice programs. Some of the most critical, and interesting, questions could use more attention, especially around the issues of new families, homeschooling, quality, and comparable public options….