Diversity in society as well as the failings of our current k-12 system suggest that we move away from funding schools and towards funding students says Brandon Dutcher, vice president of policy for the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs:

As we begin our [state's] second century, it's time to move away from our antiquated, heavily unionized, government-owned-and-operated monopoly. We should seek to restore the American tradition of educational freedom and consumer choice, a tradition that predates and lasted longer than our current practice of delivering education through a monopoly.

There's good reason to believe we'll move in that direction in the next 25 years.

Dutcher reminds us that there are 23 school choice programs in place in the U.S., and findings a surprising--surprising to me, at any rate--quote from someone who at least acknowledges the attraction of school choice.