IN-DEPTH: School Choice Debate Boils Down to Taxpayer Dollars

Unions argue that public funding shouldn’t pay for nonpublic schooling, but school choice advocates disagree.

Students walk to their classrooms at a public middle school in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2021. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

School choice or public schools? Across the nation, the great debate is heating up once again. In the end, it all boils down to how each side believes taxpayer dollars should be spent.

As a high school social studies teacher currently serving as the president of the Ohio Education Association (OEA), Scott DiMauro advocates for public schools.