According to Diane Ravitch, assistant education secretary under George W. Bush, school choice has failed to live up to expectations because

a. schools are not business organizations and cannot be run like one.
b. school choice is a hoax as long as there are federal laws mandating school attendance.
c. local school boards like the skills in finance and marketing to make their schools successful.
d. parents are not well-educated enough to make meaningful choices about education.
e. there is such a thing as having too much choice.


A

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