Ross Douthat, in his New York Times column, highlights Rick Hess's essay from the latest issue of National Affairs. Hess argues, basically, what he has argued for a long while: that fans of school choice who thought vouchers and charter schools an educational ?panacea? were bound to be disappointed. He's right, of course. I've often wondered why school choice has to ?work,? so to speak, at all. Isn't educational choice an essentially good thing, independent of test scores, graduation rates, etc.?
?Liam Julian, Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow
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