A few months ago we blogged about the Ohio parent, Kelley Williams-Bolar, who was charged with grand theft for submitting her father's residence as her own so that her child could go to a better public school. This story was alarming, not because of her criminal actions, but instead, because our education system has gotten to the point where parents feel like they have no other options.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported on cases likes these happening all over the U.S., dubbing last-resort actions like Ms. Williams-Bolar's as 'educational theft.' "Only in a world where irony is dead could people not marvel at concerned parents being prosecuted for stealing a free public education for their children."

School districts have even started hiring private inspectors to follow kids who are suspected to be illegally attending their public school to and from their homes in the morning and afternoon. Such districts represent a missed understanding in our current education system - we are not providing parents and students reasonable access to a decent public school education.

By allowing every child access to a good education, whether that means providing more opportunities to participate in voucher programs, charter schools or online schools, we can help to solve what The Wall Street Journal describes as a 'failing' American education system.