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http://nysun.com/editorials/paterson%E2%80%99s-school-choice-chance

Behind the budget battle, Governor Paterson’s public school reform position is particularly scrutinized.

The discussion revolves around whether Mr. Paterson is pro-school choice, if he likes vouchers, and how far he will go to promote charter schools. Some national advocates are certain that he’s Friedmanesque in his school stance.

David Paterson is a passionate advocate for expanding opportunities for disadvantaged schoolchildren through school choice, including private school options,” the former president of the Alliance for School Choice and arguably the nation’s leading educational-choice advocate, Clint Bolick, said. “He is unafraid to stand up to special-interest groups that block opportunities for children who need them.”

Others, as this paper has reported, are not so sure. Randi Weingarten said the other week that she thought choice reformers were “in some ways trying to put words in [Mr. Paterson’s] mouth.”