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Trump, DeVos raise school choice in appeal to vexed parents - Black News Channel

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer As millions of American children start the school year online, the Trump administration is hoping to convert their parents' frustration and anger into newfound support for school choice policies that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has long championed but struggled to advance nationally. DeVos and President Donald Trump have repeatedly invoked school choice as the solution to parents' woes. If public schools fail to open, they say, parents should get a cut of the district's federal funding to send their children to private schools or for home schooling, learning pods or other options that have […]

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