The Education Exchange: Can Microschoolers, Homeschoolers Receive Federal Tax Credit Scholarships?

Eligibility hinges on question of whether states consider learning environments private schools

Photo of Angela R. WatsonAngela R. Watson, a senior research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how regulations with the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit may exclude home schools and microschools.

The Emerging School Models: Broadening the Landscape for Choice conference will be held by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Education Policy and Governance in Cambridge, Mass., on Sept. 17 and 18, 2026.

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