Children should be assigned to schools If you mean by their parents, then yes. If you mean by our nanny overlords in their never ending quest to maximize the t

Children should be assigned to schools If you mean by their parents, then yes. If you mean by our nanny overlords in their never ending quest to maximize the teachers unions' deathgrip on the system, then no thanks. I'm currently paying for every kid, regardless of income, to go to a public school, plus more tuition for my own kids to go to a real school where they will actually learn something. I'd much prefer a system where I pay for my kids, you pay for your kids, and we all chip in for the poor kids. In all cases, the parents need to be the ones choosing the schools. The "incentive to make all schools nice" will only happen when parents can move their money to the school of their choice.