I argued in my previous article that to increase the supply of quality black professional candidates, the focus should be on high-quality education, not equity. Specifically, the black community needs to improve the black college graduation rate, which will first require us to address the poor state of K-12 education. Addressing this deficiency is the only way to markedly increase the supply of black students who will go on to college, successfully complete their studies, and be prepared to compete for sought-after jobs. (READ MORE: Blacks Need High-Quality Education, Not a DEI Agenda)
So how do we go about fixing a broken K-12 public education system? I don’t think any single factor could do more than to introduce school choice into the equation. The evidence is clear that school choice can have a significant positive effect on education outcomes. In what follows, I consider some of the factors working against school choice…