Trump met with school choice advocates and discussed plans to reduce the federal government's role in education. He aims to devolve power to states and potentially dismantle the Department of Education, emphasizing local control and parental choice. Experts suggest a balanced approach, maintaining federal support for essential programs while allowing states to lead in educational reform.
For proponents, it is a “magic moment” that would end former President Joe Biden’s mad dash to federalize andAt a White House meeting with school choice leaders last Friday, Trump was expected to stop by for a quick cheer.
Williams offered his team’s new “Index of State Education Freedom” that scores states with choice and other programs for students and parents. Florida is No. 1 on their list. “He was very curious as to what thoughts we had on that and I think you had so many people agreeing with the idea of devolving at least a lot of the function, even if some of the federal support, for instance, continues to go to higher ed, student violence and things like that. It could be structured much differently and more effectively,” said Williams.
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