re: Al Franken is a big fan of school choice for his own kids

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Via public handouts. This just means immensely more money spent on education with probably little effect.

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I think the same amount of money alloted for each student goes to the charter school.

And Al Franken doesn't want his kids in the shitty schools where parents don't care. So, he takes his money and puts them in a better school. Why can't the poor kids where shitty parenting affect their learning environment use the $11 grand that taxpayers keep dumping into a failed system and take that to go to a charter school? Why don't you want to help the small percentage of kids in those schools who desire a better opportunity? Let's say just 20% of inner city parents and students right now would love that opportunity. Wouldn't it be better to chip away at problem and let it pick up momentum with each cycle? In 4 years it might be 30% and in ten years maybe 50%. Seems like a good way to approach the problem to me.