school choice

noun

US : a program or policy in which students are given the choice to use public funds 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

Moreover, Congress could commission a national study of NIL’s effects across both levels of education to understand how early monetization affects athlete well-being, school choice, and long-term equity. —Aaron S. Marks, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025

No other state has more students on a school choice scholarship. —Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025

While Abbott earlier this month signed his coveted school choice legislation into law, the voucher program is not the only item in his 2025 win column. —John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025

This school choice bill requires states to opt into the program. —Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for school choice

• rejoice
• voice