The school choice movement received a major boost on Jan. 29, 2025, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order supporting families who want to use public money to send their children to private schools.
President Trump signed an executive order to increase federal support for school choice programs, causing debate about the impact on public schools and student outcomes.
"School choice" is a Trump priority that has divided Republicans, drawing support from parents' rights advocates but opposition from rural communities.
Mississippi House leaders say a bill that would have allowed some parents to use taxpayer money to pay for private school does not have the support to pass this session.
Trump signed an executive order aimed at expanding private school vouchers. Some education experts told BI it could put public schools at risk.
Even as announcements of executive orders and new policies pass through the news cycle, schools are continuing to feel the impacts of the Trump administration’s crackdown on federal spending in a wide variety of ways.
Stay says the orders are based on misinformation about transgender people. President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order aimed at expanding school choice. The order directs federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education ...
Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive now nominated for education secretary, faced questions from senators about how she plans to lead an agency that President Donald Trump intends to dismantle.
Following through on earlier pledges, U.S. President Donald Trump has issued executive orders to expand school choice in America's K-12 school system. Here's what that means, and whether it can impact Canadian schools.
The launch of an Arizona-based and Christian-focused educational program comes on the heels of President Trump signing an executive order directing the U.S. Department of Education to prioritize school choice programs in grant funding.
House Bill 93, sponsored by Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, and Senate Majority Leader Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian, is one of at least four bills that would reallocate public school funding, and so far has been the most successful. It passed in the House by a vote of 42-28 and awaits a vote in the Senate.