Trump rips public schools for failing at education touts better way under his school choice plan

WASHINGTON – President Trump ripped American schools for “failing at education” and touted his choice plan as a better option for students, vowing to put parents in charge.“They were failing at a thing called education, with only 30 percent of the students proficient in reading and math,” he said Monday at an event on school choice.“That was under the last administration.”As America’s children prepare to go back to school, he vowed to reverse several Biden-era school policies, promised to bring back whole milk to cafeterias, and touted his school choice program as giving parents the freedom to direct their child’s education.“We’re putting the parents back in charge.

They’re the ones that love our children.They’re the ones that should be in charge,” the president said in the Rose Garden.“As we remove the far left extremism from the classroom, we’re taking historic action to ensure that every child in America has access to a first-class education,” Trump said.He highlighted the benefits of school choice in his “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which created a federal tax credit aimed at expanding school choice through scholarship organizations – but states need to opt in.

So far, 30 states have done so.The program allows a taxpayer to contribute up to $1,700 to a qualified scholarship-granting organization and receive a full refund.Recipients can use the scholarship money to cover basic educational costs, including tuition and books, whether they are “public, private or religious” schools.New York Gov.

Kathy Hochul has expressed interest in the education program but has yet to formally opt into it – despite pleas from parents.“Governor Hochul is supportive of the federal tax credit scholarship and its potential to help all New York students and schools.Our office awaits information from the federal government on the program and will thoroughly review the details of the policy,” a spokesperson for the governor told The P...