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<p>That may well be true, but it doesn’t strike me as fair–or as efficacious social policy–to make involved families suffer because other families don’t much care. </p>
<p>It is the loss of potential leaders among poorer groups that strikes me as the biggest negative of the current system.</p>
<p>One of the reasons I support big changes in school choice policies–not limited to charter or voucher programs–is because I hope that giving parents the power to play a larger role will help alleviate the malaise a lot of people feel about K-12 education. A lot of people who identify as ‘liberals’ like to talk about ‘empowerment’. So, let’s see some empowerment for parents, both those who already care and those who might care a lot more if they are really part of the system.</p>