Getting the smart kids, the motivated kids, the kids with parents who care, out of public schools just make our schools, and our country worse off. The key elements of good schools are good parents and good students. Teachers and administrators are a distant 3rd. We must find a way to help all parents attend to their children's success, beginning at birth. In fact, some studies indicate that a child's chance of success in life and education is pretty set by age 3. School choice just allows us to sweep our educational problems under the rug. School choice removes the  1st and 2nd most important factors, caring parents and motivated children, from public schools. The children without caring or knowledgeable parents will fail, and fail worse because the good children who can inspire them and show them the path to success are no longer present. They will be gone along with the parents who can oversee the school and participate in the PTA.