Liberal proponents of school choice increasingly advance the diversity argument in support of programs such as vouchers. The diversity argument states that respect for the worldviews of parents requires allowing them to send their children to schools that reflect those views. But whatever its merits, such an argument cannot be made on behalf of adolescents insofar as these students have the same capacity to have a worldview upon which liberal respect for parental concerns is based. When it comes to high school, it is the students, not parents, who are the ones with a legitimate claim to the diversity argument. I explore whether the diversity argument is coherent if the same persons who are the recipients of education are also those who advance this argument. Ultimately, analysis reveals both principled and practical reasons that render the diversity argument incapable of justifying school choice for adolescents.
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