School Choice Matters

Our children, our choice.

Imagine a world in which a movement aimed at equality for a group of people catches momentum. Hopes are high. People are activating. The narrative of a nation not hearing the voices of an oppressed people gains steam. But at the same time that people are actively “uplifting voices of color,” thousands of those voices yearning for a ticket out of poverty are not only ignored, but actively oppressed. And oppressed by the specific people who are portrayed as the political advocates for this oppressed group.

That’s the exact situation Thomas Sowell thoroughly describes in Charter Schools and Their Enemies. This book does a deep and careful empirical review of the results of testing data and more, for the very populations of children who otherwise are relegated to poor performing schools. Voices of minority students and their parents, who clamor at educational opportunities for their children, are under political attack, and nobody seems to know, much less care.

Here’s a quick summary up front: