[hpcjoe]

Give the parents choice of schools so that they can adapt the education to correctly suit their child. Absolutely stop making educational decisions and policy based upon political choices. Just ... stop it. It is hurting all kids when this is done.

Give the parents free home internet if they cannot afford it. The boss tells me that this is a major problem even for the college prep high school where she teaches.

Provide support for parents and families who might need the extra support (homework checkins, tutoring, etc.) that parents may or may not provide. Boss tells me that some of the parents just don't care. Kids shouldn't suffer because of that.

[charlesu]

Exactly. Not only should we "Give the parents choice of schools" we should make every school a good choice.

[ntsplnkv2]

Choice of schools will just lead to more centralization and it won't be any different than it is now. It doesn't really solve the underlying problem.

[dragonwriter]

>>Give the parents choice of schools so that they can adapt the education to correctly suit their child.

This mostly benefits parents of means, as getting kids too and from a more distant school is not without costs, and neither is researching and evaluating alternative schools (which also dependent on parental abilities which are directly related to education, which is already the strongest predictor of children's educational outcomes.)

That one “reform” is the one fo the best way to cement existing inequities, despite it superficially looking like empowerment.

> Absolutely stop making educational decisions and policy based upon political choices.

That's logically incoherent: educational policy choices are a subset of political choices.