Governor Shapiro’s New Position on School Choice: No Position

To remind all: Pennsylvania’s oft-discussed, ballyhooed (a “rising star”), and grossly mislabeled (a “moderate”) Josh Shapiro stood out among Democratic governors, and among most Democratic officeholders, back in 2020 because of his popular election campaign pledge to support taxpayer-funded private-school vouchers and school choice.

That’s proven proofless pudding. Shapiro’s seemingly conservative verbiage has been ratified by — nothing. Despite the opportunities, he’s given vouchers no actual support since he began serving as Pennsylvania’s chief executive in 2021. He even vetoed legislation funding the program.

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Jack Fowler

Jack Fowler is a contributing editor at National Review and a senior philanthropy consultant at American Philanthropic.

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To remind all: Pennsylvania’s oft-discussed, ballyhooed (a “rising star”), and grossly mislabeled (a “moderate”) Josh Shapiro stood out among Democratic governors, and among most Democratic officeholders, back in 2020 because of his popular election campaign pledge to support taxpayer-funded private-school vouchers and school choice.

That’s proven proofless pudding. Shapiro’s seemingly conservative verbiage has been ratified by — nothing. Despite the opportunities, he’s given vouchers no actual support since he began serving as Pennsylvania’s chief executive in 2021. He even vetoed legislation funding the program.