For locals the notion that interdistrict school choice will solve the problems with inner-city districts should draw laughs. The Department of Education is pushing for interdistrict choice for failing schools.
How unserious the administration is about these issues should be apparent in there is no money for interdistrict transfers and the good people of Saint Louis know exactly how expensive such transfers are. I would argue they are a good use of money in many cases, but given the largest example of public school choice has done nothing to improve the education of the kids not in the program, one has to wonder why one would expect this to work or how it would be paid for in most states.
Double posted at Blog Saint Louis