I argued in my previous article that to increase the supply of quality black professional candidates, the focus should be on high-quality education, not equity. Specifically, the black community needs to improve the black college graduation rate, which will first require us to address the poor state of K-12 education. Addressing this deficiency is the only way to markedly increase the supply of black students who will go on to college, successfully complete their studies, and be prepared to compete for sought-after jobs. (READ MORE: Blacks Need High-Quality Education, Not a DEI Agenda)

So how do we go about fixing a broken K-12 public education system? I don’t think any single factor could do more than to introduce school choice into the equation. The evidence is clear that school choice can have a significant positive effect on education outcomes. In what follows, I consider some of the factors working against school choice in our country, the positive effects of school choice, and some of the counterarguments against school choice.
The first thing to examine is how the black community votes. Black voters overwhelmingly vote for Democrat candidates, with 84 percent identifying with or leaning toward the left. It is hardly a secret that Democrat candidates strongly favor teachers’ unions who routinely oppose school choice. A recent article in USA Today, argues that Democrats have missed the mark on school choice, to the detriment of future generations. I’m not advocating that blacks start voting Republican, but when they neglect to factor in where a candidate stands on school choice, they are not considering the best interests of black students.
Now why should blacks vote for school choice?
There are myriad reasons, but I will focus here on just a few of the several benefits that have been identified. First, school choice provides options for low-income families they could not otherwise afford. Charter schools, for example, which like other public schools are funded...