The great American education shift: How the school choice movement is redefining who decides where children learn

The battle over who decides where and how American children learn has intensified into one of the most defining education debates of this decade. The school choice movement, once a fringe philosophy promoted by libertarian economists, has now become a political and cultural force reshaping the K-12 landscape. According to parents, educators, and policymakers who spoke to ABC News, families across the United States are increasingly seeking control over their children’s education, buoyed by the belief that public funding should follow the student, not the system. At its core, as defined by EdChoice, a nonpartisan nonprofit advocating for parental control in education, school choice “allows public education funds to follow students to the schools or learning environments families choose.”