"The Big Picture On School Choice In Detroit" from Forbes

For years, school choice has been expanding nationally. There’s good reason for this steady growth: parents, especially low-income parents, want to decide where to send their kids to school. And the bulk of the evidence shows that school choice – charters, tax credits, vouchers and homeschooling – leads to significant positive educational benefits.

But when parents have a choice, some schools “win” and some “lose.” Unsurprisingly then, the bipartisan school choice movement has witnessed somewhat of a backlash, especially from groups that have a vested interest in the status quo, such as teachers unions.

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