Federalized School Choice? A High-Risk Choice
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. February 6, 2019
In his State of the Union speech, President Trump urged lawmakers to pass a school choice bill. Fortunately, it’s highly unlikely that any such legislation will be passed. The $1 billion competitive grant for vouchers that Trump favors and the federal tax credit scholarship, considered a federal power grab by conservatives, lack Congressional support.



Whatever happened to childhood and the freedom to run, play, create, climb trees, drink out of garden hoses, play cowboys and Indians without being politically incorrect, take things apart to see how they work, and fantasize without being shamed by adults?
On a voice vote without debate, the Senate passed a bill that creates a de facto national base.
Betsy DeVos, U.S. Department of Education Secretary, recently signed a declaration that places education “at the centre of the global agenda.” This step moves the U.S. toward a world government with the loss of our inalienable freedoms.
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U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos toured European countries earlier in 2018 and expressed great admiration for their centralized education system and workforce development, particularly those in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the U.K. She believes adoption of their policies will “help catch us up” to students in other countries.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the secretaries of Labor and Commerce recently signed a