Trump spoke in
favor of school choice when «properly done» and declared that «millions of poor, disadvantaged students are trapped in failing schools.»
Not exact matches
When Bill Clinton was governor
of Arkansas, he was in
favor of a
choice among private
schools as well as public
schools.
Figure 11 shows that
when given a
choice of supporting or opposing charter
schools, 62 percent
of the public says it
favors» the formation
of charter
schools,» nearly identical to what PDK finds (66 percent
favoring» the idea
of charter
schools»).
•
When not given a neutral option, 50 %
of parents
favor giving low - income families a «wider
choice» to «enroll their children in private
schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition» compared with 50 % opposed.
When told that President Trump was strongly in
favor of school choice, supporters were 42 percent more likely to support it.
«I'm very much in
favor of having a
choice, and
when done right, charter
schools are one
of those
choices,» she said.
While charter
school expansion is part
of an education privatization movement
favored by Republicans in particular, who say families need more
choice when it comes to kids» educational options, the movement has been dogged by controversy as several charter
schools have abruptly closed almost as soon as they opened due to financial and governance problems.