Question: Which of the following statements about the interplay of politics and schooling is correct? Conservatives do not support various types of "school choice," which have the support of progressives. Progressives have long expressed support for an "educational marketplace" in which families can choose from various options to select schools for their children; conservatives oppose any such "choice" plan because it does not provide the same schooling for everyone. Public schools have generally supported traditional values, which helps to explain why public education has stronger support among conservatives than among progressives. Conservatives are critical of public education as a near-monopoly; progressives favor government-based education.