The ideal form of education is one that is freely chosen by parents in accordance with their values that best meets their child's intellectual, physical, and spiritual needs. Religious and private, non-sectarian schools can play an important role here, as a free market in education allows a wide variety of school concepts to take hold. The most efficient system of education would be one that resembles the free market, as is the case for other goods and services, with many providers to meet the diversity in needs. Through school choice parents learn to become more actively involved in the decisions surrounding their children's education. They are no longer forced to remain passive figures in the lives of their children with government bureaucrats left to call the shots.
Parents exemplify responsibility in taking such an active part in their own children's education.
Some argue that school choice would imperil genuine educational freedom by opening the schoolhouse door to government regulators. Of course, with every influx of government dollars must come caution. And past efforts by government to fund educational decisions, such as the G.I. Bill and Pell Grant program, should help guide our public policy. But in today's debate surrounding school choice, we must ask ourselves some important questions about the choice concepts available, and let the evidence speak for itself. These are real concerns that must be examined as the evidence on school choice continues to pour in.