School Choice Lowers Cost of a Top-Notch Education

Texas Republicans should embrace a tried-and-true solution

Letter to The WSJ. The author is an economics professor at Texas Tech University.educ

"Letticia Sever’s Oct. 20 letter claims that school vouchers and education savings accounts “are a costly and inefficient way to educate students.” That has it backward: Dozens of studies demonstrate that school-choice programs save taxpayers money while delivering equally good or better education outcomes.

The author claims she wants “efficient, accountable and transparent spending of taxpayer money,” but she is defending a system that uses legal coercion to stymie competition and innovation. That’s why costs keep rising and outcomes keep declining in traditional public schools.

Texas Republicans should stop parroting the talking points of government-aligned special-interest groups and embrace a tried-and-true solution that provides all children a top-notch education at reasonable cost. Traditional public schools too often fail, but school choice delivers.

Alexander William Salter

Lubbock, Texas"