It is well-known that most, but not all, Democrats oppose school choice programs. In the last week, Democrats have reaffirmed this opposition, even in the case of programs that do not harm or take resources from public schools.

On Tuesday, Senate Education Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., released a bipartisan draft bill to reform No Child Left Behind. Missing from the draft bill was portability for Title I funding, which would allow students in impoverished families to use their federal education funding at any public school of their choice.