A Q&A on the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit

Public school families and public school districts can benefit from a new national program, and it's important to explain how.

Last spring, during my testimony to the Texas legislature, Rep. James Talarico asked me what changes should be made to the state’s looming school voucher scheme to make it work better for kids and families. We both knew the bill was likely to pass (it did), and that it would replicate many of the mistakes that similar legislation had made over the past four years.

The…