The popular idea of creating a free market for school selection ignores the underlying problems of the current public education system, writes Peter M. Bozzo in the The Crimson. While the inequities between school districts is a major concern, and school choice does have the “ability to ensure racial and socioeconomic diversity while reducing egregious disparities between schools separated by only a few miles,” it is not “the solution to underperforming schools—especially because choices would, in effect, have to be limited.” Bozzo also questions lotteries and interdistricting plans.
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