Public Education in America

Tonight on the news the station ran an upcoming story that talks about parents taking control in which schools their children attend. The overarching question that the narrator asked the television audience was "Are parents taking control of what schools their children attend a good idea?"
Well of course its a good idea, what have you been smoking?
When parents get to decide which school their children can attend, the children actually are the ones that benefit the most. When parental choice is involved schools often pull out all the stops to convince those parents to send their children to that particular school. Why? Because money given by the state to the school depends on how many students that particular school has. Take for example my old school Wauseon Schools. According to their website they spend about $7,500 per pupil every school year. Now if several parents take out their children out of their school district which numbers say 10 students. Wauseon schools just lost $75,000 for that school year!! Obviously putting the power in the hands of the parents instead of the government or teacher's unions could be beneficial as schools will start to compete for those dollars by investing in higher quality teachers or nice programs to attract potential students to their district so they can receive more funding. Doesn't school choice sound like a novel idea? I think so.