Abstract
Some tout parental school choice as a strategy for promoting, among other school-related goods, educational innovation. This Article offers clarifying and skeptical thoughts about that position. It first explains what “educational innovation” and “parental choice” mean. It then considers what limitations on this strategy might arise from existing legal regulations, from market forces, or from ethical obligations to children. Finally, the Article explains why parental choice is also unlikely to improve education for the children most in need of a better academic environment and suggests an alternative approach to student reassignment that is much more likely to do so.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2012
Publication Information
87 Notre Dame Law Review 1837-1859 (2012)
Repository Citation
Dwyer, James G., "The Parental Choice Fallacy in Education Reform Debates" (2012). Faculty Publications. 1471.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/1471