'School choice' is as much a marketing slogan as it is a policy solution
There's one sure way to fix education, and it really isn't so complicated
A Rube Goldberg machine is a complex device used to accomplish a simple task. An example would be a gadget of gears, knobs, levers, and pullies to bring about the cracking of an egg.
If we’re really honest about proposals for “school choice,” be they vouchers, tax credits, or scholarships, they’re all really Rube Goldberg add-ons of a Rube Goldberg machine that is the government education system.
The existing government system extracts money from people in the form of taxes in order to fund a network of education agencies, oversight boards, school districts, classrooms, unions, and administrators. It takes a dozen or so years — from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade — to realize the contraption is as expensive as it is a failure.
Government, being what it is, recognizes the machinery is getting jammed, and…
