Opinion: Beacon Center research shows ESAs would benefit Memphis, Nashville school districts
Jason Edmonds
Jason Edmonds is the research associate at the Beacon Center of Tennessee, a nonprofit think tank based in Nashville whose research addresses education, health care, economic regulation and tax policy and focuses on free market solutions to public policy issues.
‘The cries that the ESA program will gut classroom funding and leave the most vulnerable students with fewer resources is antithetical to both the purpose and benefits of the ESA program.’
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