Two recent reports call for school reform on a large scale.
Put Learning First by Paul Hill recommends that school boards hold a “portfolio” of educational options, each different, some contracted for but all with major site decisions over program, staffing and budgets. The school board would fund and monitor the magnet, traditional, charter, at-risk, district, etc. schools for performance. Their 
public oversight would be tight regulation over civil rights and student performance but loose regulation on procedures.
Getting Choice Right from the Progressive Policy Institute suggests ways to better design school choice policies to reach all students and families. This collection of essays, an outgrowth of discussions by a panel, addresses processes for education choices not whether to have them. The panel determined choice is here to stay and it’s a matter of how it’s managed and promoted regarding equity, resources and accountability.
Both of these important reports thoughtfully review critical issues regarding choice in readable formats.