Alexandra DeSanctis: The Cynical Dishonesty of Anti-Choice ‘Education Reformers’
“Donald Trump’s first budget proposal would allocate $1.4 billion for school-choice programs over the coming fiscal year, and many supposed education-reform advocates are not happy about it. In a Los Angeles Times op-ed last week, two prominent leaders in the field — Jonah Edelman, the president of the pro-charter school group Stand for Children, and Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers — claimed that Trump’s school-choice plan would ‘siphon billions of dollars from public schools to fund private and religious school vouchers.’”