" They can pick a school that best meets their children’s needs without attempting to change the system for everyone." - Try that on the Eastern plains.  
"Imagine if we didn’t have to fight over standards, testing, pedagogy or school start times and everyone just made their own decisions like they do when selecting a college, a preschool, a doctor, a job, a home, or dozens of other weighty life choices."
Yes, we could return to segregation, religious nonsense, gay exclusion......