ALAS! Parents appear to value not schools that teach their children but rather schools in which their children can rub elbows with the right kind of people. This could help make school choice into a recipe for disaster: Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. ... https://www.bradford-delong.com/2019/10/eg-do-parents-value-school-effectiveness.html …
How is “school choice” the bad guy in this story when the status quo of neighborhood zoning and private school alternatives means that you’re already describing the status quo?