NPR – Cory Turner
“President-elect Donald J. Trump said on the campaign trail that school choice is “the new civil rights issue of our time.” But to many Americans, talk of school choice isn’t liberating; it’s confusing if not confounding. Exhibit A: Vouchers. Politicians love to use this buzz word in perpetual second-reference, assuming vouchers are like Superman: Everyone knows where they came from. And, as Trump has nominated an outspoken champion of vouchers, Betsy DeVos, to be his next Education Secretary, it’s time for a quick policy unpacking.”(more)