The education choice revolution is about more than schools 

After years of frustration with traditional schools, Joelle Smith, a former public school teacher, decided to do her own thing. But she didn’t start a school.   

Instead, she created an operation that customizes field trips for students with special needs. 

Parents loved it. And between word of mouth and the expanding availability of Florida’s state-supported education savings accounts, Smith’s little start-up is on the move, growing from five students the first year to 25 the next.