Middle College

I'd like to see the growth of private and home schooling challenge the near monopoly of government in the education of children, but a baby step along the way would be to have separate parts of government competing with each other to provide better and more varied educational experiences. It wouldn't provide the cornucopia of variety that the free market would, but there would at least be more choice for parents and students.

This story from the Mountain View Voice tells how Foothill College is providing an alternate for high schoolers who weren't thriving in a "typical high school environment":

Mountain View Voice: "A new take on high school"

This type of educational variety could be developed further by allowing any California college or university, public or private, the right to open a charter high school. As part of the charter, the college sponsoring the school could be required to guarantee college acceptance for graduates who satisfactorily complete college preparation courses at the high schools they operate.