Alabama parents should thank Doug Jones for his attack on the CHOOSE Act — because once again, he revealed the truth Democrats like him try desperately to hide.
They don’t trust parents. They trust the government.
When Doug Jones complains about “taxpayer money going to private schools,” he isn’t making an argument about accountability. He’s defending a power structure. His real objection is simple: the CHOOSE Act empowers parents, and that breaks the monopoly.
That is what scares the education establishment the most.
Breaking the Monopoly
The CHOOSE Act does something radical by modern progressive standards — it treats parents as competent adults. It allows education dollars to follow the child, not the bureaucracy. It gives families real options when a school isn’t working, when classrooms are unsafe, when academics are slipping, or when values are being undermined.
For the first time in a long time, leverage is placed where it belongs — in the hands of moms and dads.
Nationally, this same mindset is embodied by Randi Weingarten and her network of union allies. Their entire model depends on blocking school choice while insisting parents sit down, stay quiet, and “trust the system.” Parents are not partners in this vision. They are obstacles.
Doug Jones is simply carrying water for that crowd.
Compassion vs. Arrogance
Let’s stop pretending this is about protecting public schools. If that were true, unions would welcome competition, transparency, and accountability. Instead, they fight tooth and nail to keep families trapped — because when parents are free to leave, the excuses stop working.
Jones’ argument boils down to this: education is only “accountable” when it is controlled by the state, approved by unions, and insulated from parental choice. A school chosen freely by families is unacceptable — because it exposes the lie that government knows best.
This isn’t compassion. It’s arrogance.
Alabama parents are not children. They don’t need permission slips from Montgomery or Washington to decide what works for their sons and daughters. They already know what Doug Jones refuses to admit — a distant bureaucracy will never care more about a child’s future than the people raising them.
That is why the CHOOSE Act matters. That is why it is working. And that is why Doug Jones, the AEA, and their national allies are panicking.
Because once parents are empowered, the government-knows-best model collapses — and it is never coming back.