Indiana-envy

This op-ed, which appears in the Chicago Tribune, urges (correctly) Illinois lawmakers to look across the border to the Hoosier State, where educational choice is really taking off: 

. . . Earlier this year, Indiana lawmakers passed one of the most ambitious voucher programs in the country. It offers state-funded vouchers to students whose parents earn as much as $61,000 a year for a family of four.

And how have kids and their families responded? Overwhelmingly. In just a little more than 50 days, 3,669 Indiana students have been approved to receive vouchers to attend private schools, according to Alex Damron, spokesman for the Indiana Department of Education. Many of the students are choosing parochial schools, The Associated Press reports. . . .

Right on.