By the March 10 bill filing deadline at the Texas Capitol, about 30 pieces of legislation had been introduced by several Republican lawmakers in the name of so-called “school choice.” These bills, if signed into law, have the potential to upend our public school system causing countless unintended consequences. While these proposals’ authors and their supporters have dressed them up with marketing terms like “choice” and “parental empowerment,” there has, so far, been very little discussion about their real implications. The mere fact that dozens of plans have been offered reveals the underlying truth that, even after decades of talk...