Last week was National School Choice Week, and Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom tackled several topics tied to the history of choice. It’s a history too often ignored by opponents, who assert that the desire for choice began with bigots trying to avoid school integration after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954.
The choice movement is much older, and more grounded in equality and justice, than that.
Below are some quick links to what we wrote. And be sure to bookmark our new – and we hope soon to be indispensable – School Choice Timeline:
Monday: “New School Choice Timeline: Equality for Diverse People”
- Choice is about equal treatment for diverse people.
Tuesday: “Milton Friedman, School Choice Pioneer”
- Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman didn’t invent school choice. But he was instrumental in driving it forward.
Wednesday: “Why Religion and School Choice Seem So Tightly Connected: Human Minds and Souls”
- Education is about nothing less than shaping human beings. That’s why religion has been such a big part of it, and government control breeds intense conflict.
Thursday: “School Choice and the Courts”
- The role of courts in choice has been crucial, and the path has largely led to more freedom.
Friday: “Friday Feature: School Choice Milestones”
- From town tuitioning, to Milwaukee vouchers, to Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, there have been many milestones in school choice.
