The Washington Post’s recent article on Arizona school closures offers a textbook example of how to tell a compelling story while omitting the most important — and inconvenient — facts. The piece focuses on the Roosevelt Elementary School District’s decision to close five schools , painting it as a cautionary tale about the dangers of school choice, particularly the expansion of eligibility for Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to all children in 2022.

However, the article conveniently ignores details — which we documented months ago —t hat undermine this narrative, including that Roosevelt’s total budget and per-pupil spending have massively increased even as student enrollment has declined, that most of the students fleeing Roosevelt went to other public schools, and that the exodu

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