This discussion was part of a conference hosted by the Education Writers Association at georgetown university. Its just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming to this panel. Im eric, Deputy Director at ewa. Today we are going to discuss an issue that has been getting just a little bit of attention these days, School Choice and especially private School Choice. I know that there is all sorts of forms of School Choice in this country and a lot of conversation about charters in particular, as well. Given so much of the recent conversation and the recent president ial election i think this is where we are going to do our primary focus. We will allow a little time for other issues if you have questions and so forth. So School Vouchers and other voucherlike programs, voucher cousins, if you will, have been growing in number. The cousins would be like tax credit scholarships and Education Savings Accounts. The latter is what one proponent called the cool new kid on the block.
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