National School Choice Week is here, and for Nevada families, it could not come at a more urgent moment.

For decades, parents across the Silver State have been told to sit down, be quiet, and accept whatever school assignment the system hands them. The results speak for themselves. Low proficiency rates. Crowded classrooms. Families fleeing districts that have failed to adapt, improve, or compete. Nevada students are paying the price for a rigid education monopoly that puts bureaucracy first and kids last.

National School Choice Week is a reminder of a simple truth that should not be controversial. Parents know their children better than politicians do. Education works best when families have options and schools are forced to earn trust rather than take it for granted.

Across the country, school choice has become one of the most powerful tools for improving outcomes. Charter schools, magnet programs, private options, online learning, and homeschooling are no longer fringe ideas. They are lifelines for families trapped in underperforming systems with no escape hatch. When schools must compete for students, standards rise. Innovation follows. Complacency disappears.

Nevada knows this firsthand. The state has taken steps to expand access to charter schools and allow families greater flexibility in choosing where their children learn. Those reforms are not about tearing down public education. They are about saving it by forcing improvement where the status quo has failed.

Opponents of school choice love to argue that parents should not be trusted with decisions about their own children. They warn that choice is dangerous, disruptive, or unfair. What they never explain is why the same system that has produced years of disappointing results should be protected from accountability.

School choice is not radical. It is rooted in common sense and personal responsibility. It recognizes that children are not interchangeable, families are not identical, and education should not be dictated by a map drawn by bureaucrats.

For Nevada families, National School Choice Week is more than a symbolic celebration. It is a call to action. It is a chance to demand policies that expand opportunity rather than restrict it. It is a reminder that real reform starts with empowering parents, not protecting institutions.

The future of Nevada depends on an education system that rewards excellence, encourages innovation, and puts students first. School choice does exactly that. The question is no longer whether it works. The question is whether leaders are willing to embrace it fully.

Nevada’s kids cannot afford more excuses. They deserve options, accountability, and a system that works for them, not against them. National School Choice Week makes that clear. Now it is time to deliver.

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