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There is no failed policy more in need of urgent change than our government-run education monopoly.”

With that line from his big education policy speech on Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump placed himself firmly in the camp of school “reformers” who want to break up the public education system in America.

Trump declared his intent to use public funds for students to attend private schools and to promote the growth of charter schools, employing the language of Republicans who refuse to call public schools public schools and instead refer to them as “government-run education monopolies.” (Former Florida governor Jeb Bush is a leader in this, often calling public schools “government-run monopolies run by unions.” Let’s ignore the irony of Trump using the same language as Bush, whom Trump mocked during the GOP primaries.)

Trump said he would take $20 billion in federal funding — though he didn’t make clear where he would get it from — to establish block grants that states can use to help children in low-income families enroll at private and charter schools. In a somewhat mixed message, he said that although states would be able to use the money as they saw fit, he would push them to use it for school choice. He didn’t say how he would push.

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[Trump pitches $20 billion education plan at Ohio charter that received poor marks from state]

School choice is one of the central tenets of corporate school reform, which also embraces standardized test-based “accountability” systems and the privatization of America’s public education system, the country’s most important civic institution. Supporters say the public education system is failing and that education should be subject to market forces. Critics say that school choice is taking resources away from traditional public schools, making efforts to improve them more difficult, and that civic institutions can’t properly be run as businesses in part because children aren’t products for sale.

Trump, a consummate showman, made some unusual choices on his mission to promote school choice. For one, he traveled to Ohio to speak at a charter school in a state that has long had one of the country’s most scandal-plagued charter sectors. How scandal-plagued?

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Not to worry, he will only think and dream that he will win.

While the polls are indeed close, that is natural/normal as the election date gets closer.

The overall polls shows that the Democrats are still in the lead to win the White House.

FM
Chief posted:

If he is elected a lot of things will be gone.

The GNI coolie fools who are backing him will be gone as well.

I doan tink so. Try understanding the American system. U picking fruits u ain plant. 

Be an American.

I look forward to a progressive period under a Trump Presidency. The world would see an economic surge. 

For the multitudes against him, he has to be the man to bring about changes. America needs a revamping of many of its policies. Dey falling behind.

Fools doan see the new trends in the mongoloid race.

The Caucasians needs to regain supremacy. That is a good thing for all.

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Chief posted:

If he is elected a lot of things will be gone.

The GNI coolie fools who are backing him will be gone as well.

All republicans advocate for the abolition of public schools. If this happens, huge corporations with rich people will dictate how the children are educated. They want big business to control everything. What will happen in poor states like the ones down south? What would happen to the poor districts in many affluent states? I think the republicans want to get rid of the teachers' union also. The NEA always endorse the dems.

FM

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