Real answer to poverty, and poor schools, has to be the power to chose

Chuck Mikkelsen:

The Star article, "Poverty tightens its grip in cities," described a recent Brookings Institution study on the increasing concentration of poverty in cities, including Kansas City.

Poor public schools, such as the Kansas City School District, are a major factor in creating pockets of poverty. Those with enough resources move out of underperforming districts leaving the poorest of the poor behind.

Reversing this trend requires, among other things, fixing the school district problem. A number of solutions have been proposed, most of which will be as effective as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Real change requires something more fundamental: What the left calls giving "power to the people" and what the right calls being "free to choose."

Educational diversity is essential to progress.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 13, 2011 4:51 AM
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