Daniels Puts Hoosier State on School Choice Map
Lindsey Burke /
For Indiana families, 2011 is already promising to be an exciting year for educational opportunity. Governor Mitch Daniels recently told the Courier-Journal that he will push to enact an education voucher program for low-income students, which would provide them with scholarships to attend a private school of their choice. The News-Sentinel editorialized on the plan, writing:
Gov. Mitch Daniels wasn’t kidding when he said one of his goals for the last two years of his term was major education reform… The real stunner, though, is his proposal for a true school choice plan, a voucher system that would allow parents to use state funds to offset the costs of sending their children to private schools. If the governor can pull that one off, it would far surpass both the toll road lease and daylight saving time in sheer audaciousness… Poor students are the ones most in need of a good education. How can we deny them the ability to shop for the best school?