Food for Thought: Building a High-Quality School Choice Market

From the press release:
Proponents of school choice have long argued that the power of markets is an essential element for creating a better public school system. But while the charter school movement has spurred the creation of highly successful school models, it has become increasingly clear that markets alone will not dramatically improve the supply and demand for great public schools, particularly in low-income, urban communities that have long suffered from low educational achievement.

"The reality is that supply and demand are more difficult to manufacture than originally conceived and are unlikely to fully develop on their own," argues Policy Analyst Erin Dillon in Food for Thought: Building a High-Quality School Choice Market, a new report from Education Sector. "In order to pressure all public schools to improve and to raise student achievement overall, school choice reforms need to not just increase the supply of any schools. They need to increase the supply of good schools, and parents who know how to find them."

Source: Education Sector

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