Our back-to-school special:

One of our top policy priorities at UP is school choice. The whole point of the school choice movement is to force the public schools to compete with private schools for students. To paraphrase the famous insurance commercial: when schools compete, kids win!

The New York Times is now admitting that’s exactly what’s happening. It means that every child – not just those who choose a private school alternative – will benefit from vouchers, scholarships and Education Savings Accounts.

Now, the public schools and the teacher unions have to sell themselves to the parents. Many aren’t sold. The latest numbers show an estimated 350,000 students received vouchers, according to EdChoice.org. This year, alternative school choice enrollment will exceed 1 million students for the first time.

Hooray. We’re winning.