Pro-Choice Congressmen.

• Author: Mangu-Ward, Katherine
• Position: School choice - Brief Article

School choice already exists for those who are able to pay for it, and many of those well-heeled parents have been elected to high office. In the House of those of Representatives, 37 percent of members with school-age kids are sending one or more children to private school (discounting 62 non-respondents). Fifty percent of senators with school-age kids do the same (discounting seven non-respondents). The comparable figure for regular American households with school-age kids is about 15 percent.

Which raises the question: Exactly when will they afford such an opportunity to their constituents?

Where Members of Congress Send Their Children to School

House of Representatives

Private School: 113 (71 Republicans; 42 Democrats; 0 Independents)

Public School: 193 (96 Republicans; 95 Democrats; 2 Independents)

No School-Age Children: 22 (13 Republicans; 9 Democrats; 0 Independents)

No Children: 45 (22 Republicans; 23...