School Choice Myth: Vouchers Cause Discrimination and Segregation.
Posted on October 12, 2017 by
Mark Muehl
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School Choice
This year more than 30,000 students will again head to their school of choice, made possible by the Indiana School Choice Scholarship. With more students than ever participating in the voucher program, and 81 percent of parents saying they’re “overwhelmingly satisfied_” with their school of choice, there’s plenty of evidence this program is benefitting children across the state. Judging by consumer satisfaction, school choice is a clear winner in Indiana.Opponents, however, don’t agree. They believe school choice is causing discrimination and segregation. For example, in previous op-eds in the Journal Gazette, two public-school advocates argued against vouchers by pointing out that private schools are not as diverse as public schools. One went so far as to deny that vouchers are enabling thousands of minority students to attend the school of their choice. Another incredibly suggested that vouchers are enabling “white flight.” To support these positions, however, these “friends of public education” must ignore the increasingly diverse student populations of Indiana private schools since the School Choice Program began in 2011.