We haven’t heard anything about vouchers or school choice from Metro Nashville Public Schools while debating which schools to close and which personnel to terminate. In Washington, DC

“I think the good schools have gotten better, and the mediocre schools are getting on track because, I believe, we’ve had a charter school movement that’s been very robust, and because of the vouchers,” Mr. Williams told The New York Sun.

Mr. Williams said he didn’t know whether the District’s experience meant that voucher programs should spread across the country. “But I do believe we ought to be more open about experimenting all over the country,” the mayor said, “and I do believe that where you’ve got low-performing schools in bad situations, you ought to give parents that choice, wherever that happens to be.”

As for those receiving vouchers in D.C., Mr. Williams added: “We’re finding that the lowest-income parents from some of the lowest-performing schools are taking advantage of this program, and they’re excited about it.”

Ah yes, but we in Nashville have a problem. The one thing Mayor Williams has that the school board and mayor here do not is a) vision, and b) the ability to lead. We merely have managers in office right now, and they are poor ones at that.