Abstract
The term choice as it is used by the current administration with regard to education is a cosmetic, simplistic response to the failure of American schools. Choice has become a catch-all term for a whole variety of programs, plans, and theories. We should not let this meeting or the Department of Education delude us into believing that parental choice holds the promise for poor and minority children. The term is being used to describe not only what is happening in District 4 [public school district in New York City], but a plethora of ideas based on the free market. I say: Buyer beware.
Recommended Citation
McClure, Phyllis
(1991)
"The School Choice Issue: Remarks Made at the U.S. Department of Education's Regional Strategy Meeting on Choice in Education,"
Trotter Review: Vol. 5:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
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https://scholarworks.umb.edu/trotter_review/vol5/iss1/4
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