A little over a week ago, I posted this on the prospects of a voucher system to finance K-12 schools in Louisiana, much the way that Tops money goes where college students choose to go to school, voucher funds follow the student to the school that the student and her parents choose.   In the post, I noted that I wrote about vouchers for Louisiana schools over ten years ago.  Milton Friedman, one of the top economists in the 20th century, promoted the idea of vouchers in his writings in the 1950s and on till the 1980s.

Well, the news from yesterday is that both houses of the Louisiana Legislature have passed vouchers for the poor students in failing schools, and Governor Jindhal is sure to sign his own initiative.

-MC