John Hood points out the truth that progressives simply ignore about choice in education.
I’ve made this point before, but it’s worth emphasizing one more time: those who oppose school choice in elementary and secondary education should, if they wish to be consistent, oppose former Gov. Jim Hunt’s Smart Start program and former Gov. Mike Easley’s More At Four program, now known as NC Pre-K.
Both Smart Start and NC Pre-K seek to improve the long-term academic and career success of North Carolina children. Both programs use tax dollars to subsidize child care and preschool services delivered by district-run public schools, private companies, and nonprofits, including religious institutions.
Where are the thunderous denunciations of Smart Start and NC Pre-K for eroding the separation of church and state? Where the protests against the Democrats who created these “privatization schemes”?
The silence speaks volumes.
Meantime, progressives are suing to prevent low-income families from having the resources to send their children to private or religious schools, if they determine the traditional public school classroom isn’t what their children need.
How very sad.
