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It’s hilarious to me that people really think “that’s taxpayer money” is a dunk on something like this. Yes, it is, but taxpayer money is already paying for education, and guess what? It’s being wasted. It might as well go toward efforts that might actually benefit someone.

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American public schools, as a whole, are terrible. I’ve noted previously just how little has been accomplished in the name of education, all on the taxpayer dime, and yet using a portion of that for alternatives is somehow a great sin.

I’m glad to see Jay Z involved in something like this and I sincerely hope that it has a positive impact on school choice there. The kids need it no matter what the usual suspects might want you to think.

Ed Morrissey

Tom links to Jeff Charles' RedState report on Jay Z's effort. Progressives may fume over this, but I'd bet Jay Z has a clearer idea of how the radical-Left curricula and lack of discipline serves children in public schools than the activists do.

That being said, school choice isn't a panacea, because many public schools use the same curricula and policies -- even Catholic parochial schools. Parents will still need to be discerning consumers, but at least they will have the freedom to choose

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