Weighted Student Funding in the Netherlands: A Model for the U.S.?

The Netherlands have a long history of employing weighted student funding, a model which could be customized to fit the U.S., write Helen Ladd and Edward Fiske in a Duke University working paper. The lessons the Dutch have learned from this decades-long practice could guide to U.S. policymakers seeking to implement such policies, particularly if concerned about parental choice and disadvantaged students.