My own kids are at Georgetown Day.

AuthorPeters, Charles
PositionTilting at Windmills

More evidence that a lot is left to do if No Child is to be Left Behind comes from Bush's fans at The Washington Times, so it should not be subject to the administration's usual disdain for reports from what it regards as the liberal media. The Times article is based on a study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute that finds that, in many large cities, a high percentage of public school teachers send their own children to private schools: 44 percent in Philadelphia, 41 in Cincinnati, 39 in Chicago, 35 in Baltimore, 33 in New York, and 28 in Washington, D.C.

The Times uses these figures to make the case for vouchers. And I favor vouchers as a...

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