Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial nominee puts parents over teachers unions.
Democrat Terry McAuliffe lost his race for Virginia governor last year when he suggested parents should butt out of their children’s education. Florida’s Charlie Crist last month named a teachers union president as his running mate. But one Democratic gubernatorial candidate is taking a different approach.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has quietly endorsed private school choice. His campaign website calls for “adding choices for parents and educational opportunity for students and funding lifeline scholarships like those approved in other states and introduced in Pennsylvania”—language that was absent as of Sept. 7, according to the Internet Archive.