A Bad Month for Parental Choice

May has thus far not been good to parents or school children. The most promising school reform in the nation, South Carolina's Put Parents in Charge tax credit plan, was first mangled in committee and then killed on the House floor. In Seattle, the miniscule amount of choice that existed within the public school system now seems set to disappear.

The vested interests who stand to gain from a perpetuation of the current state-run education monopoly shouldn't get too comfortable. Every year, the evidence in favor of parent-driven education markets continues to build. Sooner or later, parents and taxpayers will demand such a system.