Remember in the first week of Barack tenure at the White House, he decided that Charter Schools must end as he went forward to defund the system that provided thousands of kids a good education. It was assumed he did this as pay-back to the NEA for it's support during the election process in 2008.
If nothing else, Barack started out his presidency pretty much as he ended it doing what he did best, taking advantage of the people and our system of government to gain standing for his idea of what America is and how he could change and transform it to meet his religious and ideological heritage.
That President Trump is make an effort to bring back the Charter school system and Vouchers is testament to who and what he stands for. This has to bring tremors of fear to the progressive socialist liberal democrats that infest the educational system in this country that their reign of socialist educational agenda disaster is coming to the end.
DC School Choice Takes Center Stage at the White House
Lindsey Burke / @lindseymburke /
President Donald Trump signaled his support for education choice at a Wednesday event celebrating the achievements of charter school students and school voucher recipients in the nation’s capital.
It was an honor to be at this White House event to watch Trump, along with Vice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, applaud the students who participate in the District of Columbia’s school choice programs.
School choice participants gathered in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, many of whom utilize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, or DCOSP, which provides scholarships to low-income children in the District of Columbia to attend a private school of choice.
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“And this is what winning for young children and kids from all over the country looks like,” Trump said at the White House event.
Trump continued:
The opportunity scholarship program that we’re funding allows families in the inner city of our nation’s capital to leave failing public schools and attend a private school, making an extraordinary difference in these incredible young lives … I’m deeply excited for the amazing things that lie ahead for these truly inspiring young Americans right here in Washington, D.C.Pence said that Trump’s appearance was a surprise and demonstrated how proud the president is of the students’ achievements and school choice programs. He echoed Trump’s statements, noting that the DCOSP is “a case study in school choice success” and that its proposed reauthorization “is a victory for families and students throughout the District of Columbia.”
“Since its creation in 2004,” Pence said, “the Opportunities Scholarship Program has given parents and families hope by giving them a pathway to take their children out of schools that too often are failing to meet the needs of children here in our nation’s capital, give them a chance that other families have to put their children into a private school.”
The event and support for the DCOSP is a welcome change of pace from President Barack Obama’s tenure, during which time funding for the scholarships was under constant threat of being defunded. Nearly every budget cycle, the Obama administration had attempted to zero-out funding for the program.
Supporting the DCOSP will provide education opportunities for thousands of children in the District.
The administration should also consider additional options that are appropriate through federal policy to create more choice for more American families. That includes school choice options for military-connected students, children attending Bureau of Indian Education schools, and an even greater expansion of choice in D.C. to include all children living in the city.
And the president should continue to provide rhetorical support to states, as more and more rightly continue the school choice march.
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