A reader recently asked why an organization that defends property rights is interested in school choice. The reason is: school choice is a property rights issue. The right to property means the freedom to produce, trade, and use material values as one deems best. For producers, this means the freedom to produce a product or…
A recent piece by columnist LZ Granderson argues that school choice is “a cover for segregation.” It is a rebuke of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which outlawed segregation in government schools, and it is an attempt to create separate but unequal schooling in the name of God. School choice, he claims is…
An editorial in the San Antonio Express-News declares, “STAAR test fails Texas students and needs to go—but not as part of school vouchers.” The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) was first implemented in the 2011-2012 school year. The test is used to determine promotion to the next grade, as well as graduation….
In the 1970s, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) developed a program to allow students to transfer to a school outside of their neighborhood. The goal was to integrate the district’s schools. A recent article in the Houston Chronicle provides an interesting lesson about school choice and the motives of the media. According to the…