Common Dreams, September 9, 2016: (Opinion) Who Gains Most From School Choice? Not Low-Income Students of Color

“Barr contends the ultimate goal of creating more school choice is to transform the system to where universal access ensures quality schools for all children. Why wasn’t the ‘old way’ of doing school providing that? ‘Any school ought to be able to serve every kid,’ she believes, ‘but there’s not enough training and resources in the schools to do that.’ Certainly, you can’t criticize parents for wanting to navigate to the best of their abilities any system of education, whether it’s based on choice or not. But it’s hard to see how a system based on school choice – that so easily accentuates the advantages of the privileged – is going to benefit the whole community, especially those who are the most chronically under-served.”