Commentary Education is increasingly a policy issue which favors Republicans. This is an important development with huge implications for politics and the health of American society. The COVID-19 epidemic may have been the decisive turning point in a trend which has been gradually building since the 1980s. I remember when Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson signed the first education choice bill in 1990. It was a pilot test for vouchers and was limited to 350 students. The author of the then revolutionary bill was the former chair for Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign. State Rep. Polly Williams was a single mother who was furious at the failure of the Milwaukee schools to meet the needs of urban African Americans. She courageously staked out ground that the teachers union bitterly opposed. As the failure of schools, especially inner-city schools, became more obvious, the desire for school choice grew. In virtually every failed school, …