Betsy DeVos, President-elect Trump's nominee to serve as secretary of education, will begin her Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday evening. The nomination of DeVos, who supports school choice, has renewed the national discussion over the importance of opportunity in K-12 education.

If you were to listen only to the national-level discussion over the issue, you might think school choice is wildly controversial. But in many states across the country, that's not the case. Much of the "controversy" over school choice has largely ebbed.