Fighting for the Freedom to Learn: Examining America's Centuries-Old School Choice Movement

The school choice movement is often seen as a modern, partisan undermining of a cherished institution: public education. Fighting for the Freedom to Learn sets the record straight, revealing that the struggle for educational freedom is as old as America itself and rooted in a deep and enduring tradition of parents and communities shaping how children learn.

With contributions from 12 leading education scholars, this is a sweeping history of school choice in the United States. From Pennsylva...