鈥淧lace yourself back in First Grade,鈥� Matthew Ladner writes on edspresso.com. Then, choose where you鈥檇 like to attend the public schools: (a) Washington, D.C., (b) Los Angeles, (c) Chicago, or (d) none of the above. Did you choose (d)? Uh-oh. , the vice president of research at the Goldwater Institute. Writing for the Center for Education Reform鈥檚 edspresso blog, Ladner opines that children in inner-city schools face very limited opportunities and that, if all children faced such limits, the system would change. He advocates for reform on two fronts: 鈥渆xpand school choice options for all parents and completely overhaul the resource development and compensation system for teachers.鈥�
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