In two states where school-choice vouchers are available, many parents are choosing Catholic schools. After my own Catholic school experience, I think I know why.

The school-choice fight

A school-choice battle has been under way in many states across the country.

Parents want vouchers so they can pay private-school tuition. Public-school officials want every penny kept in the public system.

Most blue states have defeated school-choice efforts. Two red states, Florida and Texas, did not.

Florida made every child eligible for a scholarship of roughly $6,500 to $8,000 — more than 525,000 students now use one.

Texas this year opened Education Freedom Accounts — about $10,000 a seat for private school — and has awarded more than 100,000 of them, with a waitlist still longer than the program.

Unlike much of the country, where Catholic schools have been shuttering, more parents in Florida and Texas are choosing a Catholic education so their kids master right and wrong and get an excellent........

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