Equal Opportunity --- Not Just a Right of the Privileged

Today the nation celebrates the legacy of civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. How fitting that the Alliance for Choice in Education chose today to launch a new television ad entitled “Equal Opportunity.”

The ad features several minority parents discussing how the Milwaukee Parental School Choice Program provides equal opportunity to low income families trapped in Milwaukee’s failing public schools.

The voice over says, “Equal opportunity in education, it’s every child’s right, but Governor Doyle is standing in the way.”

This ad follows one featuring children in the school choice program asking Governor Doyle to correct his mistake and lift the enrollment cap on the program. (See today’s Wall Street Journal column by John Fund.)

I sincerely hope Governor Doyle does lift the cap and give the Milwaukee’s most vulnerable kids the same opportunities he and I are fortunate enough to give our children.

You see, Governor Doyle and I have at least this much in common: we live in Dane County where the educational options ---public and private are excellent, and we were both able to afford private education for our children we when determined that was the best option for them.
Equal opportunity in education should mean Milwaukee’s low income families have options too.