Status Quo Prevails On State Ballots

By Robert C. Johnston

They had their chance. But voters in several states soundly rejected ballot measures last week that would have radically changed how their schools are governed or financed.

Coloradans delivered a major setback to school choice forces with their resounding defeat of proposed tax credits for private school tuition. In California, voters flunked the idea of a powerful new inspector general for education and greater parental control over schools. And South Dakotans voted overwhelmingly against a ban on using property taxes...