Why is school choice not a Democratic issue?

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15. Dr. Who - Welcome to DU... and I'll politely explain our opinion of charter schools

When tax money goes to pay for charter schools it's taking badly needed money away from public schools. Nobody is arguing that wealthy people shouldn't be allowed to send their kids to whatever school they want, but our tax money shouldn't subsidize it (and especially not when it's taking money away from public schools.

It sounds like you're very aware of the problem of unequal funding among school districts, that's a problem that desperately needs to be fixed. Most school districts depend on property taxes for much (or all) of their funding, which results in wealthier districts having good schools and poorer districts having bad schools.

Furthermore, as many have already pointed out, most charter schools don't have necessary oversight to ensure that money is spent wisely, whereas public schools have a large amount of oversight.

As Democrats we need to be advocating for the needed funds to hire and retain good teachers, have adequate school supplies, and have good facilities.