School Choice IS a Civil Rights Issue

School choice - in its most basal form - is a civil rights issue.

It is a byproduct of a three-decade-long battle to secure quality educational opportunities and equal access for Milwaukee's low-income and minority students.

Some suggest the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program is a sledgehammer used to tear down the walls of educational apartheid.

They are correct in that assessment.






Now, before anyone begins with some knee-jerk 'how dare you as a white guy say this,' relax...these are the words of Mikel Holt, a prominent supporter of School Choice, and a black man from Milwaukee.

Not that the race of the person making the argument should matter (content of our character, not color of our skin, remember?).

Anyway, a great column by Holt. Read it here.