Column: Offering choices will not hurt public schools

Column: Offering choices will not hurt public schools

For too long, money has been an excuse not to give more options to more families. The notion we would defund public education by extending options was never true: In the case of charters, we’re still talking about public schools; in the case of private choice, the data clearly show schools save more in forgone expenses than they lose in revenue when a child leaves for another type of education.