One of the benefits of the transfers, as provided in the No Child Left Behind, was that economically segregated and middle-class schools would have a minimal divide if minority and low-income groups of students were allowed to attend those schools with higher achievement levels. In addition, the practice can lead to a reduction of racial and economic isolation and achieve for children the goals of desegregation. The notion of the benefits of school choice in NCLB in the current education debate is important because it would help in the current debate on parent involvement in schools and the general public concern. Parents were given the freedom or empowered through the NCLB to make a choice on the school they were supposed to take their children if they realized that they were not benefiting in the school they were in. However, the debate is important in that it helps parents to rethink other solutions and to open their eyes to focus on solving the problem rather than running away from the problem.
Although NCLB allowed parents to take their children to the school of their choice, the debate on the power of the parents to unite and to force or influence changes in the schools through public power offers a crucial alternative to improving general results than school results. For example, if a parent perceived that his child was not receiving proper education at a particular school, leaving that school could as well mean heading to face another problem, and such a departure may not even help solve the problem, which meant that district examination results would still be poor if the school abandoned did not improve on the results. The debate on the freedom of the parents to take children to the schools of their choice allows parents and stakeholders to view the problem from a broader perspective.
The limitations provided for the transfer of students also can help parents in the current debate to rethink solving problems in their schools through options such as group involvement in thinking about and solving problems in the current schools as better strategies rather than leaving.