School Choice Will Destroy The Public Schools? - Maybe That's A Good Thing

Public-school defenders often argue that school choice would
destroy the public schools. Almost 90 percent of children in
this country attend public schools. If we had vouchers, no
compulsory attendance laws, and an unregulated education free
market, millions of parents might transfer their children to
private schools. This would drain hundreds of millions of tax
dollars from public schools. Those children left behind in the
shriveled public schools would then get an even worse education
than they do now. Therefore, the argument goes, we have to fight
school choice to protect the public schools.
School authorities use the same argument against charter
schools. Charter schools are public schools controlled by
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