Yes parents should have educational options that fight their child's style of learning. But the cost of that menu of choices should not be character skills and quality education.
Avoiding the issue and blaming others are natural coping methods of the human condition. When we create school of choice options. We create the opportunity for using these coping methods in our child's education also. When a child's education hits the hard subjects such as possible learning disabilities, difficult curriculum or challenging relationships, the school of choice option can be an out.
School of choice has created a group of "school hoppers". These are families that switch school often. It could be going from the public neighborhood school to a charter school. It could be a switch from one public school to another in a neighboring community.
There are questions surrounding the general impressions of this "school hoppers" that should be addressed with research.
How many students are switching schools each year?
What are the moving patterns? Is it a one time move or a pattern of moving?
What are the switching patterns? Public to public school? Public to charter? Private?
What are the test scores impacts? Grades impact? Graduation impacts?
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