Steven, a Dawn Treader reader, forwarded an interesting opinion piece on school choice written by Andrew Coulson of the (libertarian leaning) Cato Institute over the Christmas holiday. I was planning on posting it today. Turns out my timing could not have been better, especially given today's Supreme court ruling in Florida.
"School choice is as American as apple pie in my opinion. ... The world is made richer and fuller and more vibrant when you have choices." So says Jeb Bush. The Florida Supreme Court begs to differ. In a 5-2 ruling, they shot down a school voucher program.
I thought America had an gushy love affair with the word choice. I seem to run into that word all the time when debating prolife -vs- abortion. I guess I was wrong. Choice appears to be a yucky word for liberals when it comes to schools.
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