Black Americans Demand School Choice. Is Joe Biden Listening?

After sweeping victories this week and on Super Tuesday, it’s becoming inevitable that Joe Biden will score the Democrat presidential nomination. And he’ll owe it in no small part to African American voters who’ve helped spearhead his campaign’s resurgence. He knows it, too. “There’s only one reason I’ve come back,” he told the congregation at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi on Sunday. “The African American community all around the country.”

But setbacks like his racially insensitive gaffes mean that this support can’t be taken for granted — especially if he’s to eventually entice minority voters who aren’t committed Democrats in a general election. Reversing his opposition to school choice, then, would be a smart way to solidify him in their good graces — as it's clear that’s a policy priority to them.

As it stands in America, the majority of students’ schools are assigned based on their zip code. This locks kids (who could have better opportunities elsewhere) into schools that might not be the best fit.