School choice proponents say it offers families more options – but those don’t always extend to immigrant students

School choice gives families options, but not all families necessarily have the same ones. Andrii Yalanskyi/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Educators, politicians and education observers have long debated school choice.

This controversial policy approach lets families pick alternatives to their assigned neighborhood public schools and, in some cases, allows them to use government funds to pay for private school tuition or other educational expenses.