But the Liberal use of those words relates to what has been happening with the school system in Alberta. In particular, the Opposition party has been studying the Edmonton school district, which leads the way in experimenting with more flexibility in school programming and more choices for parents and students.
Students vote with their feet.
She meant that under district rules, students are not required to attend the school nearest to where they live. Rather they and their parents are free to shop around among public schools with a wide diversity of offerings. There's a cadets' school, named after the battle of Vimy Ridge, delivering military history and Canadian studies. Parents who wish to take advantage of the possibility that their daughters might thrive in an all-girls' school need not switch to private schools. The school district competes head-on with independent schools of both the religious and academic variety.