Giuliani Proposes a Voucher Program for New York

By Mark Walsh

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York City has proposed testing a Milwaukee-style voucher program in one of the city's 32 community school districts.

"Let's see if it works," the mayor said during his State of the City Address Jan. 14, in which he unveiled a number of policy proposals for the 1.1 million-student school system, including a new governance system that would give him much greater control over the district.

"If we give poorer parents the same opportunity to make choices about their children's education that the richest and most affluent parents in New York City have," Mr. Giuliani said, "let's see if that doesn't work to really...