In this Independent Institute piece, Professor Lee Ohanian writes about the Kairos School, a charter school in California that has great success with students. The school has a long waiting list.

Couldn’t more schools like Kairos be created? That’s what would happen under market competition. But this is the realm of education, under government control. More successful schools cannot be created without political approval. Ohanian explains: “The Kairos charter school recipe for success can be replicated. But a recent California law has made it difficult to form new charter schools. California Assembly Bill 1505, which passed in 2019 despite strong opposition from the Senate Republican Caucus, changed the approval process for new charter schools. Under AB 1505, an application for a new charter school can be denied if the charter would have a negative fiscal impact within the district.”

This is the education blob at work, stifling competition to protect itself.

Not only will more schools like Kairos not be forthcoming, but I fear that the “woke” mania will infect it and undermine educational standards.

Hat tip: Don Boudreaux