Poll: Support for school choice growing among Republicans

Washington • Support for charter schools and private school voucher programs has gone up over the past year, with Republicans accounting for much of the increase, according to a survey published Tuesday.The findings by Education Next, a journal published by Harvard's Kennedy School and Stanford University, come as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos promotes alternatives to traditional public schools.Forty-four percent of respondents in the poll conducted in May said they support the expansion