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Support for charters drops markedly over past year
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP Aug 15, 2017 12:33pm |
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Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
News Date | Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Expanding charter schools around the country is losing support among Americans, even as President Donald Trump and his administration continue to push for school choice, according to a survey released Tuesday.
Trump campaigned on a promise to dramatically improve school choice — charter schools and private school voucher programs — and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has made it a priority. But so far the message does not appear to have hit home with the public.
About 39 percent of respondents favor opening more charters — schools that are funded by public money, but usually operated independently of school districts — according to the survey by Education Next, a journal published by Harvard's Kennedy School and Stanford University. That's down from 51 percent last year. |
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