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Washington Post
September 30, 2000

School Choice Fallacies

Recently a full-page ad appeared in the New York Times sponsored by something called the Campaign for America's Children, which made it appear that public education in this country is a wreck. The solution, according to the group, is greater parental choice. "Every year we pump more money into our public education system, and every year the system gets worse," the ad says.

Several things are wrong with this story.... It's simply not true that funding for public schools has been steadily rising while schools get steadily worse. It's a slander to say that 90 percent of our kids (those who don't attend private schools) are "trapped in a failing system."

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