When contemplating the issue of school choice, it’s most important to focus on how we can improve educational outcomes, particularly for children from low-income communities.
But, as a fiscal economist, I can’t help thinking about how school choice is also good news for taxpayers.
And I also can’t help but notice that opponents are often very hypocritical.
- Such as Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who utilized private education for her offspring but endlessly fights against school choice for less-affluent families.
- Such as the high-level education bureaucrat from Alexandria, Virginia who sent his kids to private school while opposing educational options for less-affluent families.
- Such as the Democratic congressional candidate whose kids were enrolled in an elite private school, yet attacked his opponent for supporting choice for less-affluent families.
- Such as the head of a teacher union in California who had his daughter in a private school while opposing similar options for less-affluent families.
- Such as the Secretary of Education and the Chief of Staff for President Obama, both of whom had their kids in private school but fought against choice for less-affluent families.
- Such as President Obama, who sent his daughters to one of the toniest private schools in Washington, yet resisted school choice for D.C.’s less-affluent families.
What do these opponents of choice have in common? What drives their hypocrisy?
Simply stated, they put the interests of teacher unions above the interests of children.
The List of School Choice Hypocrites Is Getting Longer
Let the money follow the student.