I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday Story from Up First.
This week, school choice.
Those two words cover all kinds of programs that are meant to let parents choose to send their child to a school other
than their neighborhood public school.
Maybe it's to another public school or a public charter school or even a private school.
In the U.S. School choice is often politically charged and even emotional.
I hate to even say that I would consider it,
but I think I represent a lot of families that if we 're not looking at the best situation for our kids,
we 're going to move our kid to a private school.
I don't want to do that.
Today on the Sunday Story, NPR education correspondent Corey Turner takes us to Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, a city swimming in choice, to understand what increased school choice
really looks like for parents who want the best for their kids.
Corey joins us now.
Welcome.
Thanks for having me, Aisha.
Corey, school choice is this idea that covers such a wide range of programs and policies.
Can you walk us through the basics?
Yeah, you bet.
So think of school choice as a spectrum, right?