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Q&A with Jason Kamras: What lies ahead for D.C. public schools

by Susan Sawyers

George W. Bush and Jason Kamras, the 2005 National Teacher of the Year. (Photo by Krisanne Johnson/White House)

Although there are lots of ideas these days about how to improve U.S. public schools—a number of which are under renewed scrutiny—Jason Kamras thinks he’s got a simple solution.
It’s a radical idea he shares with Warren Buffet and Michelle Rhee, among others: Do away with school choice. No private schools, no homeschooling.
He admits the idea isn’t realistic, but he believes it’s an important thought-experiment nonetheless.
Kamras—who taught middle school through Teach For America between earning his bachelor’s degree, from