National School Choice Week

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos celebrated National School Choice Week on Wednesday with an appearance at the right-wing Heritage Foundation for an event promoting “school choice” generally, and marking the 15th anniversary of the federally run voucher program in the District of Columbia.

  This is National School Choice Week, an annual public relations spectacle designed to promote positive feelings about policies that undermine public education.

On Wednesday morning, a roomful of school children were herded into a congressional meeting room and required to sit through an hour and a half worth of speeches by conservative Members of Congress, including House Speaker John Boehner, Sens. Ted Cruz and Tim Scott, Chief Deputy Whip Rep.

“School choice” will be celebrated this week at thousands of events across the country, with speakers talking about empowered parents and educational excellence.  It will probably be a public relations bonanza for the “school choice” movement.  But here’s the problem: the bright yellow ban