How School Choice Programs Can Save Money

From The Heritage Foundation:

April 15 of every year usually brings news stories about taxes and fiscal discipline, or the lack thereof, in government. On April 15 of this year, however, the most interesting news story of the day went against the grain: the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program’s second annual lottery generated so much interest that it produced two applicants for each available slot.[1] What does that have to do with sound fiscal policy? Consider that Washington’s public schools spend $5,830 more of taxpayers’ money per student, at least, than the private schools that take students with opportunity scholarships.