US EditionTrump’s school choice push adds to momentum in statehouses
- More than a dozen states, including Idaho, Tennessee, and Wyoming, have launched or expanded school choice programs in the past two years, allowing families to use taxpayer dollars for private schools.
- Fueling this expansion is the desire of school choice supporters to give parents control over their children's education and provide an escape from dissatisfaction with local public schools, a movement driven by wealthy donors and political maneuvering, though some critics argue it is not necessarily driven by public demand.
- The recent shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic gave parents increased insight into their children's education, contributing to the momentum behind school choice, with many measures opening programs to all families regardless of income.
- According to EdChoice estimates, about 1.2 million students are using public tax credits, scholarships, or vouchers to attend private schools this school year, and in January, President Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to allow states, tribes, and military families to tap into federal money for school choice opportunities.
- While proponents like Indiana State Senator Linda Rogers believe parents should decide where their child attends school for the best chance of success, opponents, including teachers' unions and Tennessee Democratic State Representative Ronnie Glynn, argue that these programs undermine public schools, may lack oversight, and could create budget problems for states, as voiced by Michigan State University professor Joshua Cowen, who stated that "vouchers are a budget-buster for states.
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Explainer: A look at the school voucher bills and Valley reactions
Efforts to repeatedly pass school vouchers in the state — a program to use taxpayer dollars toward paying for student’s private education — is closer to reality than ever with the bill passing in the Texas Senate while legislators in the House of Representatives discuss a bill floated there. School vouchers have been Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority for the past two legislative sessions with it failing in 2023 after rural Republicans pushed back …
Hartford Courant
Trump’s school choice push adds to momentum in statehouses
By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org More than a dozen states in the past two years have launched or expanded programs that allow families to use taxpayer dollars to send their students to private schools. Now, President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress want to supercharge those efforts. Trump in January issued an executive order directing several federal agencies to allow states, tribes and military families to tap into federal money for s…
DNyuz
How a federal case could decide the future of faith-based schools
School choice is on the move in America, and President Donald Trump’s January 29 executive order to expand education freedom and opportunity for families marks another critical step toward breaking public schools’ monopoly over the country’s educational system. Ensuring that religious freedom safeguards are part of school choice initiatives will be another crucial step. Fortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a case involving S…
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