I just got back from this afternoon’s big rally in support of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, which is providing about 1,700 kids the chance to attend the private schools of their choice. Mary Katharine Ham of the Weekly Standard is reporting via Twitter that about 1,300 kids attended today’s rally, plus a couple hundred or so adults.
Even though the U.S. Department of Education reports that the program’s a huge success and wildly popular with DC parents, Congress earlier this year voted to essentially kill the program – a clear bone to their teacher-union overlords. Click here for more information about the issue. To view a plea from some of the Opportunity Scholarship kids, check out the video below, which I produced for the Heritage Foundation earlier this year.
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