President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to find ways to favor school choice programs.
Trump's executive order could expand school choice. Critics warn it could divert funds from public schools and worsen inequality.
The president's Jan. 29 directive puts the federal Education Department's biggest grant programs on the table.
It's not yet clear how much the Trump administration can do without Congress to prioritize money for school choice programs.
Mississippi House leaders say a bill that would have allowed some parents to use taxpayer money to pay for private school ...
One executive order removes federal funding from K-12 schools that teach critical race theory, and another supports ...
COMMENTARY: It provides a much-needed response to the virtual monopoly public schools have over the education system within ...
School choice advocates call Trump's education executive orders "extremely welcome" while unions say the orders help "unaccountable private operators—a tax cut for the rich." ...
Trump’s new executive order supercharges the school choice revolution. However, the Department of Education’s discretionary federal funding is limited. Congress needs to take action for more ...
Trump campaigned on expanding school choice programs, and during the transition period, his spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, said he believed "that school choice is the civil rights issue of our time" ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Wednesday that would prioritize and free up federal funding to expand school choice programs. The order impacts several ...