Shapiro is unusual among [[Democrat]]s in that he supports [[school choice]], including taxpayer-funded vouchers to pay for private schools.<ref>https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/07/josh-shapiro-vice-president-school-choice-voucher/</ref> Teachers' unions, who are the backbone of the [[Democrat Party]], are stridently opposed to school choice. Both Shapiro and his wife attended a private, religiously affiliated high school, the Akiba Hebrew Academy (now named the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy), where they first met. | Shapiro is unusual among [[Democrat]]s in that he supports [[school choice]], including taxpayer-funded vouchers to pay for private schools.<ref>https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/07/josh-shapiro-vice-president-school-choice-voucher/</ref> Teachers' unions, who are the backbone of the [[Democrat Party]], are stridently opposed to school choice. Both Shapiro and his wife attended a private, religiously affiliated high school, the Akiba Hebrew Academy (now named the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy), where they first met. |