Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Joe Biden Declares War on School Choice

On June 16, President Trump echoed this sentiment when he said, "We're fighting for school choice, which really is the civil rights of all time in this country Frankly, school choice is the civil rights statement of the year, of the decade, and probably beyond, because all children have to have access to quality education." While Trump believes that a "Child's zip code in America should never determine their future," Joe Biden does.

As the 2020-21 school year approaches, the issue of school choice could be coming to a head. Currently, about 90 percent of U.S. students attend public schools.

According to a 2010 Harvard University study, "Our results suggest that students in public schools profit nearly as much from increased private school competition as do a nation's students as a whole Competition from private schools improves student achievement, and appears to do so for public school as well as private school students. And it produces these benefits while decreasing the total resources devoted to education, as measured by cumulative educational spending per pupil."

School choice is overwhelmingly popular among American parents and is a win-win for all American students, even those who attend public schools.

On the other hand, Joe Biden's war on school choice is not popular with American parents and is not beneficial to students.

Although Joe Biden claims school choice is the enemy of the people, the opposite is true.

School choice is a popular reform that is a common-sense solution to the problem of poor-performing, unaccountable public schools.

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