Five Questions to Guide Effective Education Savings Account Implementation

Five Questions to Guide Effective Education Savings Account Implementation

By Robin Chait and William Berry Education Savings Accounts (ESAs)—programs that allocate state education funds directly to families for private school tuition and other approved educational services—are among the fastest growing forms of school choice in the country. As our landscape analysis late last year explored, ESAs have been expanding rapidly over the past 5 years to serve more students in a greater number of states. In 2025 alone, five …