Trump is promising to grow charter schools in a second term as he works to win over Black and Hispanic voters, and Biden is letting him run with it
Now Trump — who in February proposed collapsing a federal program dedicated to charter expansion
Fortune, who founded a network of nine charter schools in California, said Biden has been “behaving as if the schools are fine in the neighborhoods where … our people are getting shot and killed by the police.” Biden spokesperson Matt Hill said the Democratic presidential nominee’s plan “will not close all charter schools,” as Trump alleged during the GOP convention. But he said the plan is designed to do everything possible to help traditional public schools, “which is what most students attend.”
Charter schools have received support from presidents from both parties in recent years, including Bill Clinton’s push for the federalthe first federal program to replicate and expand high-performing charters. But the schools have always been a flashpoint, especially with powerful teachers unions who cast charters as competition for precious dollars for traditional public schools.
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