America’s big schooling unions have long wielded outsize influence over politicians at every level of government, and nowhere is that more apparent than in their coordinated campaign against the Education Freedom Tax Credit.Rather than engage the merits of a policy that would expand opportunity for millions of students, in public and private schools, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers have resorted to lies and misleading rhetoric, trying to strong-arm lawmakers into doing their bidding by calling on Democratic governors to say no to the EFTC. They’ve even mobilized a bloc of congressional Democrats in both chambers to advance legislation repealing the tax credit before it can take root. These are ill-advised maneuvers, nothing more than political ploys, and they will fail. But it speaks volumes.The EFTC is straightforward in its design and revolutionary in its potential. It creates an unprecedented dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit that supercharges private giving to scholarship organizations and puts parents in the driver’s seat. Families can steer those resources to exactly what their child needs, whether that’s tutoring, special education services, or tuition, because parents are the ones closest to that decision.