Back-to-school season is here, with all of the chaos and rituals that come with it. Supplies are bought, bus routes learned, new teachers met, and many young parents drop their own children off at school while still themselves remembering the anxiety of deciding what outfit to wear that first day back.

Even those parents who think back fondly on their own school days often take a grim view of America’s public schools. Those who are able to afford to live in a neighborhood with “good schools” will do so, knowing that a good education is the key to good opportunity for their children.