Trump Thinks He Can Win Votes by Stressing School Choice and Fast Reopening
The Washington Post says that Trump has latched on to school choice and a fast reopening as issues that will win back white suburban women, whose support for him has faded.
This may indicate how out of touch he is. Parents move to the suburbs because their property wealth creates good schools. There is no unmet demand in the suburbs for vouchers or charter schools.
Furthermore polls clearly show that parents want their children to return to safe schools. They do not want their children to go to full-time in-person instruction without safeguards in place.
Trump is unaware that vouchers are not popular, that they have lost every state referendum by large margins.
But Republicans won’t let school choice go, even though only a tiny percentage of parents choose to leave public schools, even when choice is easy and free.
The Post writes:
President Trump sees two school issues as key to reelection, and after paying almost no attention to CONTINUE READING: Trump Thinks He Can Win Votes by Stressing School Choice and Fast Reopening | Diane Ravitch's blog