The political battle over school choice has been long and brutal in St. Louis.
On one side there is an alliance of teachers union leaders, central board administrators and various public-school interest groups that has an established routine for managing the schools and are skeptical of any proposal for change. Unfortunately, this cartel acts as a veto player in school policymaking.
Until educational improvement through school choice gains its proper support, the war in Jefferson City will rage on. And regrettably it is the children that suffer the causalities.
The Hoover Institution details the painstaking history of school choice in Missouri politics.
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