School choice and school vouchers

In recent decades, several countries around the world have introduced policies to make it easier for parents to send their child to the school of their choice. At the same time, many schools have been granted greater autonomy so that principals, school boards and teachers can assume more responsibility for policies related to resources, the curriculum, assessments, school admissions and discipline. Schools systems in some countries have made it possible for private schools to be integrated into the public education system as government-dependent schools or as completely independent schools that receive a certain amount of public funding. These voucher or voucher-like systems have become the object of intense political debate.