State Journal: Choice organizing; Amish exception

A new national organization formed to promote school choice says it will focus on legislation and ballot initiatives at the state level.

Americans for School Choice, launched this month at a Washington news conference, includes two former U.S. secretaries of education--Lamar Alexander and William J. Bennett--on its board of directors. The board also includes members of Congress, two governors, and several state legislators, including Polly Williams, the Wisconsin representative who pushed through Milwaukee's pioneering voucher program.

The group plans to focus on building state-level political organizations, either by creating them or affiliating with existing groups,...