{"id":587735,"date":"2021-07-10T09:35:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T13:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587735"},"modified":"2021-07-10T09:35:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T13:35:47","slug":"elder-yes-on-school-choice-but-it-requires-parental-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elder-yes-on-school-choice-but-it-requires-parental-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"ELDER: Yes On School Choice \u2013 But It Requires Parental Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felder-yes-on-school-choice-but-it-requires-parental-involvement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-500094285.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Question my sanity, but I\u2019m considering running in this election to recall California\u2019s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Here\u2019s a big reason why.<\/p>\n<p>No one doubts that bad K-12 public school teachers exist. There is a phenomenon known as the \u201cturkey trot,\u201d in which bad teachers wind up in the worst schools.<\/p>\n<p>Why? There is a connection between bad schools and lack of parental involvement. When you have strong parental involvement, parents pressure their schools to remove such teachers. Because of strong, protective teachers unions, these teachers are rarely fired, merely shuffled from school to school, until they land in one where few parents complain.<\/p>\n<p>And while the vast majority of teachers do not fall into that \u201cbad\u201d category, look at where public school teachers send their own school-age children. Nationwide, approximately 10% of kids attend private school. Six percent of Black kids do so. But more than 20% of public school teachers send their own kids to private schools.<\/p>\n<p>A 2004 study by the Fordham Institute found that 44% of Philadelphia public school teachers send their kids to private schools. In Cincinnati and Chicago, 41% and 39% of public school teachers, respectively, put their own school-age children in private school.<\/p>\n<p>In Baltimore, in 2017, there were 13 public high schools where 0% of students could do math at grade level, with another half a dozen Baltimore public high schools where only 1% could do so. So, it is hardly a surprise that Fordham\u2019s study found 35% of Baltimore public school teachers with school-age kids placed them in private school. In San Francisco it was 34%, and New York-Northeastern New Jersey was 33%. In Los Angeles, nearly 25% of public school teachers sent their kids to private school, versus 16% of Angelenos who did so.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, school choice has never polled higher. A June 2021 RealClear Opinion Research poll found support for school choice at 74% among registered voters. This includes 83% of Republicans, 69% of independents and 70% of Democrats who strongly or somewhat support school choice. In April, 2020, support for choice was 64%. Tommy Schultz, CEO of the American Federation for Children, said: \u201cPublic support for school choice is at an all-time high. And, as the nation recovers from unprecedented, nationwide school closures, a new story is unfolding. Parents are rising up and demanding the freedom to choose the best educational environment for their children. \u2026 Already in 2021, seventeen states have passed legislation to improve, expand, or create new school choice programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>School choice is not a panacea, especially without strong parental involvement. Studies show that Black kids spend less time doing homework than Hispanic kids, less time on homework than white kids and much less time on homework than Asian American kids. Economist Walter Williams told me, \u201cIf you don\u2019t have someone in your household to make sure that you do your homework and to insist that you go to bed on time, the school you attend will not make a whole lot of difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When I was in elementary and middle school, several classmates were Asian American, most of Chinese or Japanese descent. They all told me the same thing. If they got a B \u2014 they rarely got a grade lower than that \u2014 their parents told them they did not work hard enough. If they got an A, their parents told them the test was too easy. Their parents did not accept the notion often heard from my Black classmates, that so-and-so is \u201cjust not good in math.\u201d The parents of my Asian American classmates believed that in academics, as athletic coaches say, \u201cHard work beats talent when talent doesn\u2019t work hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>School choice benefits children of parents who preach that education and hard work are key to upward mobility. School choice will be of little benefit to the kids of parents who do not.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know your thoughts about my possible candidacy at LarryAElder@gmail.com. We\u2019ve got a state to save.<\/p>\n<p><em>Larry Elder is a bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk show host. His latest book, \u201cThe New Trump Standard,\u201d is available in paperback from Amazon.com and for Nook, Kindle, iBooks and GooglePlay. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an \u201cElderado,\u201d visit www.LarryElder.com. Follow Larry on Twitter @LarryElder.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i> member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question my sanity, but I\u2019m considering running in this election to recall California\u2019s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. 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