Donald Trump’s Love of School Choice
It is no secret that when it comes to public schools and other facets of American life, many Republicans do not like the federal government. Donald Trump used to speak of local control of schools. This is very much the old Republican Party talking.
But last night, Donald Trump cheered school choice. He no longer mentions local control. I think he may now realize that school choice is the opposite of local control of schools.
And the other night, Donald Trump, Jr. sniped at teachers and public schools and spouted the weary argument that America needs choice when it comes to public schools. Somewhere in that speech he praised vouchers in other countries. He failed to do his research. Here are the “disastrous” results in Sweden.
Local control is also an area that many value when it comes to the traditional idea of community schools. Many Democrats support community schools.
But local control and school choice don’t work together and you see this fight playing out in communities across the Donald Trump’s Love of School Choice:
