On Education Reform, Conservatives Shouldn’t Stop with School Choice

In 2023 alone, more than half a dozen states passed universal school-choice bills with even more expanding on former laws. School-choice legislation is going gangbusters. But is school choice itself growing?

How much competition do public schools actually face? How many alternative-schooling options exist in each locality? We’d hardly consider it a win if a child were given their choice of meals, but the only options were Wendy’s or McDonalds.

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Daniel Buck

Daniel Buck is a research fellow and the director of the Conservative Education Reform Network at the American Enterprise Institute.

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In 2023 alone, more than half a dozen states passed universal school-choice bills with even more expanding on former laws. School-choice legislation is going gangbusters. But is school choice itself growing?

How much competition do public schools actually face? How many alternative-schooling options exist in each locality? We’d hardly consider it a win if a child were given their choice of meals, but the only options were Wendy’s or McDonalds.