Denver School Choice Works

Looks like Denver has started a similar program to Edmonton’s. 

According to this Smart Brief report from the Denver Post, “Students in Denver are increasingly choosing to attend school outside their neighborhood as part of the district’s school-choice program, which allows students to attend a school that best meets their individual needs and learning goals. While there are concerns that low-income students don’t have the same transportation options to take advantage of school choice, advocates say it has helped schools. ‘If there is no choice, then every school and every building has to figure out a way to be everything for everyone who lives in their boundaries,’ one supporter said.”

Jim Griffin, the president of the Colorado League of Charter Schools went on to say, “We don’t expect that for other public bodies; why schools? It’s also made parents and students into consumers.”  Gee what a novel idea!  It’s exactly what the Edmonton Public School Board thought when they moved to school choice within their system.

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