Analysis: “School Choice” is the modern name for school vouchers. Essentially, the idea is that money for schooling should follow a student wherever they go. If they go to public school – great! The public school gets the money. But it is also fine if they go to a private school. The private school will just get the money that would have gone to the public school.
Once upon a time I was in favor of this, and there are a lot of conservatives who favor this approach for a number of reasons. I will also say that most of the criticisms of School Choice being brought out by either the public or the public school system almost completely miss the mark and misunderstand what is happening and what the goal is. However, there is a deeper criticism of School Choice that I have come to recognize.
