Are there legitimate arguments to prevent families from choosing the education that works best for their children? Opponents of school choice have certainly offered many objections, but for decades they have mainly repeated myths either because they did not know any better or perhaps to protect the government schooling monopoly.
In these pages, 14 of the top scholars in education policy debunk a dozen of the most pernicious myths, including “school choice siphons money from public schools, ” “choice harms children left behind in public schools, ” “school choice has racist origins, ” and “choice only helps the rich get richer.” As the contributors demonstrate, even arguments against school choice that seem to make powerful intuitive sense fall apart under scrutiny. There are, frankly, no compelling arguments against funding students directly instead of public school systems.
School Choice Myths shatters the mythology standing in the way of education freedom.
About the author
Neal P. Mc Cluskey is the director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom. He is the author and coeditor of several books, including Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education and Unprofitable Schooling: Examining Causes of, and Fixes for, America’s Broken Ivory Tower.
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