After all the hype and brouhaha, Charles Murray wants to explain something to you. He starts in an odd place: Lackluster results from an evaluation of the Milwaukee voucher program should be cause for celebration. Then he cites Coleman, a perhaps dangerous move in light of how often what goes on in the home is used as an excuse for dreary efforts and results in the classroom. But it's hard to argue with where he winds up: “There are millions of parents out there who don’t have enough money for private school but who have thought just as sensibly and care just as much about their children’s education as affluent people do. Let’s use the money we are already spending on education in a way that gives those parents the same kind of choice that wealthy people, liberal and conservative alike, exercise right now. That should be the beginning and the end of the argument for school choice.”
“Opinion: Why Charter Schools Fail The Test,” by Charles Murray, New York Times, May 4, 2010