August 19, 2014 9:30AM # Support for School Choice Continues to Grow By [Jason Bedrick](https://www.cato.org/people/jason-bedrick) --- SHARE Today, *Education Next* released its [latest survey results](http://educationnext.org/2014-education-next-survey-visual-breakdown/) on education policy. As with the [Friedman Foundation’s survey](http://educationnext.org/americans-want-choice-government-mandates/) earlier this year and previous *Education Next* surveys, [scholarship tax credits](https://www.cato.org/model-legislation-scholarship-tax-credits) (STCs) remain the most popular form of private educational choice. STCs garnered support from 60% of respondents compared to 50% support for universal school vouchers and only 37% support for low-income vouchers. The Friedman Foundation’s survey found the strongest support for educational choice [among younger Americans](https://www.cato.org/blog/coming-school-choice-tidal-wave). While Americans aged 55 and up favored STCs by a 53%-33% margin, Americans aged 18–34 supported STCs by a whopping 74%-14% margin. While it’s possible that younger Americans are more likely to support educational choice because they’re more likely to have school-aged children, it could also be evidence of growing support for educational choice generally. The [series of *Education Next* surveys](http://educationnext.org/edfacts/) provides strong support for the latter interpretation, as shown in the chart below. (Note: the 2013 *Education Next* survey did not ask about STCs.) ![Education Next 2014 Survey](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/screen_shot_2014-08-18_at_9.59.13_pm.png?itok=fERHOWB0) While support for STCs was only 46% in 2009, it has grown to 60% this year. Over the same time, opposition has fallen from 27% to 24%, with a low of 16% in 2012. If support among millennials merely remains constant, overall support for educational choice will continue to grow in the coming years, making the adoption and expansion of such programs increasingly likely. \[[See here](https://www.cato.org/blog/spinning-core-again) for Neal McCluskey’s dissection of the *Education Next* survey questions concerning Common Core.\] ##### Related Tags [Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).