Friends and Foes of Educational Opportunity
Lindsey Burke /
Proponents of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program and families currently in the program have reason to be frustrated over Congress setting the course toward its elimination. But as Amanda Carpenter reports in today’s Washington Times, they’ve also found a “strong ally” in the fight for school choice – Juan Williams of Fox News:
Mr. Williams, who is also senior national correspondent for National Public Radio, hosted an event at the National Press Club on Friday to promote a short film produced by the think tank about the recent decision to cancel the short-lived D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program.
On Friday, Williams joined former D.C. city council member Kevin Chavous at the National Press Club for an event on the future of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. Mr. Chavous was part of a panel of experts that included Virginia Walden Ford, executive director of D.C. Parents for School Choice and Heritage’s Dan Lips. Members of the media enjoyed a special screening of Let Me Rise: The Struggle to Save School Choice in the Nation’s Capital, and also had the opportunity to speak with scholarship parents.