Fed-up millennial parents should turn to school choice

Published December 27, 2018 10:17pm ET



People often say that millennials like to complain. But when it comes to education, our complaints actually have merit.

A new report from Echelon Insights found that many of those in my generation old enough to have kids are deeply dissatisfied with their children’s schooling. Less than half of millennial moms think students are getting a good education — and that figure drops even lower among Hispanic and low-income parents. Academic performance is one of millennial parents’ main concerns, but they also see the importance of taught job skills and school accountability. But young parents need to realize the solution to their complaints is the one they’ve been rejecting at the ballot box: school choice.

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