A recipe for more choice schools in D.C.

In a Washington Post Op-Ed, parent Caryn Ernst discusses school choice in D.C., and emphasizes families’ responsibility for making real choice a reality:

“I’m a proponent of school choice, and I’m happy that the District has created a system to make the lottery easy and fair. Someday I may take advantage of the choices the system offers for my own children.

What I take issue with, however, is an attitude among parents that we are merely consumers of education. Of course, the school system is responsible for providing the best schools and teachers possible for all of the city’s children. But the fact is, schools become great only if engaged parents make it happen.”

Read the full op-ed here.