The Mounting Trouble with Education Savings Accounts

Policy Brief - Apr 17, 2025

Author(s) - Samuel E. Abrams, Director of NEPC's International Partnership for the Study of Educational Privatization

In NEPC's new policy brief, The Mounting Trouble with Education Savings Accounts, author Samuel E. Abrams, the director of NEPC's International Partnership for the Study of Educational Privatization, examines this surge in universal ESAs. Abrams describes their origins, rapid growth, and implications for accountability, equity, public school funding, and civic life.