Empowering parents with a choice-based K-12 education landscape will spur competition, boost academic quality, raise cost-efficiency, and foster parental empowerment. In turn, a better-prepared workforce will result in significant societal and economic benefits for each Washingtonian as well as the state.
“Parents getting involved can have a very positive impact,” says Kemper Freeman Jr. “They are the greatest advocates for their kids’ education. For three generations of my family in Bellevue commercial real estate development, we’ve asked the community what they’d like to have. Asking customers (current and potential) what they want is essential. When it comes to K-12 education, parents must be viewed as customers and given choices in a competitive market of school providers.”
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