Empower parents with school choice

Published January 9, 2020 5:00am ET



In more than two decades of fighting for educational freedom, I’ve heard opponents offer a lot of excuses as to why parents shouldn’t have the ability to select the schools their children attend.

Some people think school choice will harm public education. Others fret that “good” schools might lack enough space for all those interested in attending. But the most insidious objection to school choice stems from the idea that some families, for instance, families with lower incomes or limited English proficiency, might find the process of selecting a school too intimidating or “too hard” to arrive at a good result.

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