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More states are making all students eligible for private school subsidies. In Arizona, it has often benefited wealthier families.

In a plan approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature last year, Arizona became the first state to make every student, even those from wealthy families, eligible for a school voucher — on average worth about $7,200 per student annually.

Tom Horne’s whole job is public education. It’s in his title — superintendent of public instruction in Arizona — where

PHOENIX — Tom Horne’s whole job is public education. It’s in his title — superintendent of public instruction in Arizona — where he oversees the education of 1.1 million public school students. But in an advertising campaign this summer, Horne makes a pitch to parents who are unhappy with public school: You can choose a private school, and Arizona will help pay for it. Horne, a Republican who won election last year promising conservative values, is overseeing a...

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