Two Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Wisconsin, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and state representative Francesca Hong, recently pledged during a town hall to eliminate the school choice program. Also seeking to end the voucher system is a simpatico, progressive legal organization, Law Forward, which filed a lawsuit.

The Dairy State’s educational opportunity has been available to families since 1990, when Gov. Tommy Thompson joined civil rights groups to pass legislation and create the country’s first school-choice voucher program.