Obama's hypocrisy: school choice best for his girls, but not for everyone else

The Obama girls will attend Sidwell Friends, an expensive and exclusive private school that counts Chelsea Clinton among its alumni.  Obama says school choice doesn't work, charging that it results in a "huge drain of resources out of the public schools." By this logic and their choice, the Obamas will "drain" between $200,000 and $400,000 from the D.C. public schools if they occupy the White House for eight years.

Rep. Polly Williams, the Wisconsin legislator who gave birth to the Milwaukee school choice program, once quipped that the president "shouldn't be the only person who lives in public housing who gets to send his kids to private schools." No one should begrudge the Obamas their choice. But nor should the president deny such choices to children in D.C. and elsewhere who desperately need them.

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