The crowded Democratic field has marched in near lockstep when it comes to education: shunning school choice, pandering to teachers’ unions, and criticizing charter schools. Democrats have little nuance (though where there are differences, as on charter school policy, they are significant), and no variety to their education policy platforms.

Worse, several candidates (including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden) once took sensible positions on charter schools, and at one point, a robust school choice agenda was part of the Democratic platform itself. All have since recanted after they began running for president.

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