School Of Choice

I guess it's time for me to defend the new secretary of education, Betsy Devos and her proposal to implement 'school of choice' nationwide, In the last 30 years federal funding of education has increased dramatically to little or no avail- a rise of 375% to be exact with test scores having no outstanding results- The national center for education statistics (NCES) reports that since 1970, public school attendance has increased by a meager 5% while public school employment has increased by whopping 95%, in this current system most students are forced to learn in the alluded public schools of their districts and as a result Low income families residing in bad neighborhoods, sentence their children to a bleak, ineffective education. School of

Wolf, PhD, Anna J Egalite PhD. And the freeman foundation states "when school of choice suddenly becomes so widespread that it represents a serious threat to the continued existence of public schools-as happened in Florida, Milwaukee, and San Antonio- the achievement of public school rises in response. Jason Bedrick- Director of Policy at EdChoice and policy analyst with Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom- supports these findings with an article he submitted with Cato institute cementing "school of choice improves test scores significantly in both [reading and math]" the Handbook of research on school choice presents study's done in Florida, Milwaukee, Maine, Ohio, San Antonio, Vermont and Washington D.C that resulted in corresponding effects; that being improved test scores in the observed public schools with no negative impact." An essay posted by Education Week and cosigned by 9 scholars, and analysts used this very study and added "It seems clear that 'school of choice' poses no threat to academic outcome in the public-school system. Opponents predict school choice would harm public schools, but that harm has not materialized" ultimately studies such as these reduce criticisms to pure