[Leaning Right]

I'm not the biggest proponent of school choice, because I fear it would tend to fragment society. The public schools of old were great melting pots. The black kid sat next to the Jewish kid who sat next to the kid who was born in Italy.

"School choice" schools generally fall into two groups. The first group consists of "charter schools", chartered by the government. These schools have the same problems as public schools because of government interference.

The second group are the truly private schools. I taught in one of those for a number of years. They do tend to self-select, and so fragment society. That's not good.

However, most urban public schools are well beyond saving. It's worth the risk to allow true school choice there.

[Mouton]

“However, most urban public schools are well beyond saving. It’s worth the risk to allow true school choice there.”

I was speaking mostly about those in my commentary.

[super7man]

I think that if school choice were the general rule, secondary education would be more like college. You would apply and get into the best school you could. You would do well and excell and move to a better school. Just like college.

Generally, if school choice would allow private enterprise to provide the right school for every student. If there was a demand, capitalism would provide it.