How school choice saved one queer teenager’s life

Elijah Robinson attempted suicide as a teenager. As a queer, mixed-race student, the bullying at his public school was destroying his life and pushed him into a deep depression.

Thankfully, Elijah’s story, as reported by Ron Matus at redefinED, has a happy ending. In fact, it shows the life-changing potential of school choice programs. In most cases school choice programs, whether charter schools or private school tuition vouchers, just improve educational outcomes and increase parental discretion but in some instances they are truly transformative.