Trump seeks to voucherize American education
Yes, getting rid of or partially dismantling or otherwise destroying the core functions of the U.S. Department of Education is bad.
Also bad: A national school voucher scam. But, of course, that’s just what Donald Trump wants:
Josh Cowen, in his newsletter for Public Funds for Public Schools, highlighted the voucher threat:
Finally, we’re all still waiting to see what happens with the so-called Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)—aka the tax shelter for the wealthy that’s also a federal voucher scheme intended to ram vouchers into every state—even those that don’t want it. Those of us with our ear to the ground have heard conflicting things: maybe it will make it into the federal reconciliation process (where it would need only a simple GOP majority to pass) or maybe it’ll come up for a vote later in the year. One thing we know is that Betsy DeVos’s group is continuing to make this a top priority, so it’s something to keep monitoring closely.
