When contemplating the issue of school choice, it’s most important to focus on how we can improve educational outcomes, particularly for children from low-income communities.
But, as a fiscal economist, I can’t help thinking about how school choice is also good news for taxpayers.
And I also can’t help but notice that opponents are often very hypocritical.
- Such as Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who utilized private education for her offspring but endlessly fights against school choice for less-affluent families.
- Such as the high-level education bureaucrat from Alexandria, Virginia who sent his kids to private school while opposing educational options for less-affluent families.
Such as the Democratic congressional candidate whose kids were enrolled in an elite private school, yet attacked his opponent for supporting choice for less-affluent families.- Such as the head of a teacher union in California who had his daughter in a private school while opposing similar options for less-affluent families.
- Such as the Secretary of Education and the Chief of Staff for President Obama, both of whom had their kids in private school but fought against choice for less-affluent families.
- Such as President Obama, who sent his daughters to one of the toniest private schools in Washington, yet resisted school choice for D.C.’s less-affluent families.
What do these opponents of choice have in common? What drives their hypocrisy?
Simply stated, they put the interests of teacher unions above the interests of children.