School Choice vs. School Choice
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- America's Current School Choice System
- Are Bad Schools Really at Fault?
- Choice Outside the Housing Market: Types of Choice Programs
- Choice Outside the Housing Market: Effects on Student Performance
- Choice Outside the Housing Market: Effects on Public Schools
- Choice Outside the Housing Market: Effects on Racial Integration
- Choice Outside the Housing Market: Effects on Teacher Pay
- Conclusion
- Notes
Introduction
"America already has an extensive system of school choice. Yet it is both inefficient and unfair."
Contrary to a widespread impression, America already has an extensive system of school choice. Yet the system is both inefficient and unfair. It discriminates against low-income families and racial minorities.
This paper makes the case for replacing our existing school choice system with one that is better, one that creates a level playing field on which schools compete for students, and students and their parents exercise their own choices.
