ABSTRACT
Supporting parental choice of schools does not mean supporting everything done in its name. When Massachusetts implemented a program to promote interdistrict school choice, strong supporters of school choice opposed it as irresponsible and incapable of achieving its stated goals of school reform and expanded opportunity. As more and more states and local communities implement school choice policies, it is essential that we think carefully about essential design considerations, such as those developed in Massachusetts over the past dozen years but ignored in pushing through the interdistrict program in 1991.
