What do parents want?

A post over at PURE (Chicago) points it out:

In 2009, 26,381 CPS students were eligible to transfer to other schools because they were "stuck" in schools deemed as failing under NCLB.

483 students applied.

Only 276 or about one percent of those eligible actually transferred.

Only 1 of the receiving schools was a charter school...

The truth is, parents overwhelmingly want good neighborhood schools, not "choice." That's what national polls say. That's what this CPS report make obvious.

Our legislators need to get off the privatization train, get a clue, and get with the parents and the general public who want all public schools to succeed - and that means we need our state legislators to get off their rear ends and give us fair, adequate state school funding.

(I don't have the numbers for Worcester, but I do know that, despite the eligiblity for student transfers, most parents prefer to stay in their neighborhood school.)